Robin Hilton
Robin Hilton is a producer and co-host of the popular NPR Music show All Songs Considered.
Prior to joining NPR in 2000, Hilton co-founded Small Good Thing Productions, a non-profit production company for independent film, radio and music in Athens, Georgia.
Hilton lived and worked in Japan as an interpreter for the government, and taught English as a second language to junior high school students.
From 1989 to 1996, Hilton worked for NPR member stations KANU and WUGA as a senior producer and assistant news director and was a long-time contributing reporter to NPR's daily news programs All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
Hilton is also a multi-instrumentalist and composer. His original scores have appeared in work from National Geographic, Center Stage, and in films, including the documentary Open Secret.
Hilton also arranged and performed the theme for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered. You can hear more of his music here.
Along the way, Hilton worked as an emergency room orderly, a blackjack dealer and a fruitcake factory assembly lineman.
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This week's mix of essential new music includes the mind-bending sounds of pianist Nils Frahm, Sylvan Esso's electro-pop romp for the end of the world, the gorgeous harmonies of Darlingside and more.
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The singer talks about her new EP, her history making moment at the 2017 Women's March in Washington, D.C., and how courage and truth can lead to widespread healing.
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We asked and you voted: Here are the 100 best albums of the year, as selected by All Songs Considered listeners.
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Best known for his role with The Walkmen, as a solo artist he makes unabashedly joyful, sweetly innocent and playful music. And only he would arrive with a barbershop quartet.
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Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton find themselves taking a Dickensian journey, with visits from old friends, including Carrie Brownstein, Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, Dan Auerbach, Ben Folds and more.
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One of the most sought-after studio visionaries shares his thoughts on life, music, and why we love the songs we love.
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All Songs Considered features "The Voyager," the new album from Jenny Lewis, a singer known for complicated, emotional lyrics and vivid storytelling. It's part of NPR Music's "First Listen" series.
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Is it possible to come up with a top ten list of records everyone can agree on? What's been the most popular decade for music? What are the least-heard albums? We found answers to these questions and more in our summer-long poll.
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Neko Case takes questions from listeners in an intimate interview about her epic new album. "I don't really think of myself specifically as a woman," she tells us. "I'm kind of a critter."
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The world you inhabit as a teenager has a way of digging its claws into you. Hear All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton talk about the universal themes on Okkervil River's new album.