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 , 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'sWeekend All Things Considered. You can hear more of his music .
Along the way, Hilton worked as an emergency room orderly, a blackjack dealer and a fruitcake factory assembly lineman.
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The acoustic rock duo from Mexico offers a thrilling instrumental take on the Pink Floyd classic for the just-announced Rodrigo y Gabriela album Mettavolution.
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Guitarist Carrie Brownstein tells NPR, "We always planned on getting back in the studio — it was just a matter of when."
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Bob Dylan's Bootlegseries continues this fall with Vol. 14, More Blood on the Tracks,which includes the first take he ever recorded of "If You See Her, Say Hello."
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What song do you want played at your funeral? "Yakety Sax"? "Adagio For Strings"? Tells about your pick and we may include it in an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
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Tell us your top five albums released in 2017. We'll share the results in an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
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Do your top ten lists stand the test of time? Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by NPR Music's Marissa Lorusso and Stephen Thompson to talk about why some records age better than others.
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Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo walks us through Pacific Daydream, the band's new album of polished pop hits, and explains how he finally eliminated power chords from the group's sound.
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Hart talks about the inspiration and challenges behind his stunning score for the deeply existential film A Ghost Story.
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Synalpheus pinkfloydi can rapidly open and snap close its large claw, creating a sound that can reach up to 210 decibels, louder than a typical rock concert, and loud enough to kill small fish nearby.
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The video, for a demo of "My Brave Face," includes rare footage of McCartney and Costello in studio for the late-'80s recording sessions.