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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A thrilling dance sequence unfolds at a high school sock hop to the gritty chug of Chuck Berry's "Big Boys."
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It's true: Harry Styles of One Direction has released a fantastic, solo rock album inspired by The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. That, the return of Fleet Foxes and more in this week's show. -
"Critics can be so mean sometimes." The singer's latest single is a brooding, woozy ode to coming of age, with spare electronic beats and reflections on her place in the world
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The band's latest song and video is both eerie and beautiful, filled with anguish and longing.
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This week we share the incredible stories listeners shared about the songs that remind them of their mothers, from Ella Fitzgerald to Shania Twain and The Mamas & The Papas. -
Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad, the sweetly synchronized guitarist and bassist for Girlpool, aren't really feeling it in a new video for their song, "Powerplant."
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Mike Hadreas, the creative force behind Perfume Genius, shares the stories behind his boldest album to date. -
Since he and his bandmates in The Walkmen went on indefinite hiatus in 2014, Walter Martin has released three solo albums, each filled with songs that celebrate the best of humanity.
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With Mother's Day rapidly approaching, we want to hear your stories about the song that reminds you of your mom. -
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by NPR Music's Lars Gotrich to share the week's best new music, including another cut from Sufjan Stevens' Planetarium collaboration and Feist.
