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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The dream of the '90s is alive in this Canadian rock band.
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The cover of Sparklehorse's "Saturday," along with a new original track called "Someday," honor Phantogram singer Sarah Barthel's sister, who took her own life two years ago. -
Notable May 18 releases include Courtney Barnett's raging rock, the K-pop band BTS, rapper Nick Grant and the psych-folk of Ray LaMontagne. -
Our sprint through the week's best new albums includes pop juggernaut Charlie Puth, classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein, early Jerry Garcia recordings, guitar rock from Illuminati Hotties and more. -
Tell us what song gave you hope, helped you purge demons or gave you direction as you navigated school. We'll share select songs and stories in an upcoming "Graduation" episode of All Songs. -
This week's essential new music from All Songs Considered includes pure joy from Ages And Ages, Australian looper and beat maker Alice Ivy, and a look at Childish Gambino's "This Is America." -
Our look at the best albums out on May 4 includes the joyful pop of Frank Turner, soul singer Leon Bridges, the alien synth sounds of Lucrecia Dalt, the return of the iconic '90s band Belly and more. -
On this week's mix of essential new songs, we share uplifting new music from Dirty Projectors, the distinctive hooks of Stephen Malkmus, psych-folk from Jessica Risker and more. -
This week's most essential albums, out on April 27, includes the potent and political rock of Speedy Ortiz, the ethereal sounds of Grouper, Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer, Post Malone and more. -
This week's mix of essential new songs includes this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner, Naia Izumi, the mind-blowing guitarist Rafiq Bhatia of the band Son Lux, passionate rock from Welles and more.
