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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On Monday we'll turn the All Songs Considered 24/7 stream into a giant mixtape to score the solar eclipse and we want your help.
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The former Led Zeppelin singer's 11th solo album arrives Oct. 13. Listen to its first single, "The May Queen," now. -
"Cloud Riders," the first single from Native Invader, paints troubled love as a tempestuous and erratic storm. Part swagger, part reflection, it both smolders and shimmers with Beatle-y guitars. -
The song, "Mississippi," perfectly captures the strange unease and surreal mystery of Twin Peaks,with slow-burning, two-part harmonies.
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On this week's All Songs Considered: Shout-alongs and ambient tracks from both brand new artists and industry veterans. -
On this week's show: Songs about facing fears, being true to yourself and not worrying what everyone else thinks, plus an interview with singer Angel Olsen about her surprising new single. -
Carrie Brownstein returns to All Songs to chat about relentless earworms, annoying novelty songs and other songs our hosts think of as quite possibly the worst of all time. -
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share new music from Passion Pit, Franz Ferdinand with Sparks, Killer Mike with MNDR, The Sonics and more. -
For this week's Throwback Thursday we remember a 2009 conversation with Björk. The singer talked about her then new album Voltaicand shared some of her favorite songs by other artists.
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This week's essential listening includes joyful rock from Joanna Gruesome, a mansion of curious sounds from Eskmo, an incredible mix of cultures and sounds in Young Fathers and more.
