Desert Island Discs Archive
6 Jan 2009
Desert Island Discs: Radiohead – The Bends
By Peter Lee On 6 January 2009 In Desert Island Discs
Like thousands of other music lovers, I, too, was entranced by the invasion of “Creep” by Radiohead in 1993. But like everyone else, I also became sick of it, and chalked Radiohead up to another post-grunge Nirvana
25 Aug 2008
Desert Island Discs: Life is Sweet, Maria McKee
By Peter Lee On 25 August 2008 In Desert Island Discs
Maria McKee is best known for being the lead singer of Lone Justice, an alt-country band of the 1980s that had a small hit with “Shelter.” McKee herself had a No. 1 single in the UK with
4 Aug 2008
Desert Island Discs: Calling Distance Stations, The Nines
By Peter Lee On 4 August 2008 In Desert Island Discs
Every so often, in a state of anxiety, I’ll wonder if, like oil, melodies are a finite resource and that we’ll soon run out of them. And judging from the lawsuits arising from hip-hop’s unauthorized uses of