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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NPR Music's Robin Hilton announces the name of this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner. Every year since 2015, a different unsigned musician or band has benefited from the exposure that NPR Music provides. -
Panda Bear's wondrous music comes to life with the help of four additional friends who provide sweet, multi-layered harmonies. -
The self-proclaimed Emo Cowgirl blends classic country with earworm pop and confessional storytelling. -
Marie Ulven delivers a cozy set with genuine charm, good humor and unbridled joy. -
The group brings its playfully subversive style to the Tiny Desk. -
Springsteen showed up ready to make it count, with a carefully arranged set list and an incredible band.
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There was one overwhelming favorite album that topped this year's All Songs Considered listener poll, and it wasn't even close. -
It's time once again to look back at all the incredible new music we got in 2023. So, we want to know: What were your favorite albums (or EPs) released this past year? -
It's hard to overstate the kindness and good-natured humor the U2 singer and guitarist brought to this set, where they performed reimagined songs from All That You Can't Leave Behind. -
NPR's Robin Hilton sits down with composer Volker Bertelmann to talk about how he channeled the drama and horror of World War I into his Oscar-nominated score for "All Quiet On The Western Front."
