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
6:03 am
Fri November 16, 2012

A Band Becomes Animation, With Amazing Results

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Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:42 am

Stop motion with live actors is nothing new in music videos. The Beatles did it nearly 50 years ago for the film A Hard Days Night. Peter Gabriel's 1986 "Sledgehammer" video is still mind-blowing. But few have done it as elegantly as Canadian rock duo The Zolas do for the band's mesmerizing, and amazing new video, "Knot In My Heart."

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All Songs Considered
3:58 pm
Wed November 14, 2012

This Week's Mix: Local Natives, The Who, Gospel Claws, More Discoveries

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Clockwise from top: Local Natives, IO Echo, Angel Olsen, cover art for Gospel Claws and The Who's Quadrophenia.

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 2:14 pm

All Songs Considered
3:39 pm
Fri November 9, 2012

Question Of The Week: Which Bands Should Have Another Record Out By Now?

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It's been more than 20 years since My Bloody Valentine put out the band's now legendary Loveless album. Frontman Kevin Shields is promising a followup by the end of the year.

Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 12:25 pm

All Songs Considered
6:12 am
Wed November 7, 2012

Dear 'Awful Band Name,' We Forgive You

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Singer Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople made some amazing music. The band name, on the other hand, could have used some work.

Originally published on Wed November 7, 2012 11:00 am

I first found the music of Gashcat buried among 2,000 other songs in a playlist NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson put together to help us prepare for South By Southwest earlier this year. I assumed I wouldn't like them and only listened because I thought the name was ridiculous. Gashcat. What does that even mean?

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Tiny Desk Concerts
1:10 pm
Mon November 5, 2012

Jason Lytle: Tiny Desk Concert

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Jason Lytle performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 28.

Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 1:58 pm

Sometimes, it's hard to know what constitutes a band. Billy Corgan wrote and sang all the songs for The Smashing Pumkpins and still records under the name, even though the other original members are long gone. Same deal with James Mercer and The Shins.

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