Robin Hilton

Robin Hilton is the producer and co-host for the popular NPR Music show All Songs Considered.

In addition to his work on All Songs, Hilton produces NPR Music live concerts and festival coverage across the country, including live broadcasts and webcasts from the Bonnaroo and Sasquatch festivals, South by Southwest and the Newport Folk Festival.

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, GA.

Hilton lived and worked in Japan as a translator 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 a multi-instrumentalist and composer. His original scores have appeared in work from National Geographic, Center Stage and, most recently, in the documentary film Open Secret. You can hear some 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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All Songs Considered
10:11 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Question Of The Week: What Are Your Music Resolutions For 2013?

Originally published on Wed January 9, 2013 12:47 pm

I'm not very good at keeping New Year's resolutions. One year I resolved to "get into yoga." I even wrote that down on a note card and kept it on the refrigerator. Two months later, after doing nothing, I crossed it out and wrote, "be AWARE of yoga."

This year I didn't bother making a list about health and fitness resolutions. But I do have a mental list of some personal improvements I'd like to make when it comes to music.

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All Songs Considered
12:26 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

Ty Segall Forms Yet Another Band, Releases New Songs

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Tiny Desk Concerts
3:53 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

The Polyphonic Spree: Tiny Desk Concert

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The Polyphonic Spree performs a Tiny Desk Concert.

This year marks the 10th anniversary for The Polyphonic Spree's annual holiday music show — an extravaganza the group has held in Dallas each December — and it's celebrating with a live tour and a new CD called Holidaydream, on which the band reworks versions of classics such as "Do You Hear What I Hear" and "White Christmas."

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All Songs Considered
12:26 pm
Tue December 18, 2012

A Holiday Party For The Ages, From All Songs Considered

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All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton rented a cabin in the woods for a special holiday party, with Kishi Bashi, Dan Deacon, Carrie Brownstein, and more as guests.

Originally published on Tue December 18, 2012 5:22 pm

We decided to go all out for this year's All Songs Considered holiday party. The guest list for this (trust us!) unforgettable night of music and tall tales included Kishi Bashi, Dan Deacon, Carrie Brownstein and Nellie McKay. We hosted the festivities at a secluded cabin we rented one weekend in a snowy woods.

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All Songs Considered
2:28 pm
Mon December 17, 2012

Question Of The Week: What Are Your Holiday Music Memories?

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Members of the Victorian State Youth Brass Band of Australia during an attempt to set a world record by playing Christmas carols for 40 straight hours.
Best Music Of 2012
11:57 am
Wed December 12, 2012

Robin Hilton's Top 10 Albums Of 2012

Originally published on Tue December 18, 2012 2:13 pm

All Songs Considered
8:53 am
Tue December 4, 2012

The Polyphonic Spree Covers John Lennon For The Holidays

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The Polyphonic Spree, under a shower of confetti.

Originally published on Tue December 18, 2012 11:48 am

Every year for the past decade, The Polyphonic Spree has celebrated the holidays with a special "extravaganza" in Dallas, featuring dancing, DJs and, of course, the band performing seasonal songs. This year, The Polyphonic Spree celebrates the 10th anniversary of that extravaganza with a live tour of the show, as well as a new CD called Holidaydream. The group also has this beautiful new video for one of the album's standout tracks: John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)."

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All Songs Considered
12:26 pm
Mon December 3, 2012

Question Of The Week: What Song Did You Listen To The Most In 2012?

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All Songs Considered
1:53 pm
Thu November 29, 2012

First Watch: Mr. Gnome, 'House Of Circles'

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Originally published on Tue December 18, 2012 1:07 pm

The Cleveland-based experimental rock duo Mr. Gnome was one of our favorite discoveries from South by Southwest earlier this year, and now the band is back on our radar with an amazing new video. "House of Circles," from Mr. Gnome's recent album Madness in Miniature, is an epic, wildly imaginative story about a band of rebel fighters who attempt to save the world from the evil Queen Machine.

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All Songs Considered
2:27 pm
Wed November 28, 2012

We Get Mail: Can You Have Too Much Awesome?

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Originally published on Thu November 29, 2012 8:07 am

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