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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
1:00 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Question Of The Week: Do You Hear Music When You Dream?

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Originally published on Mon May 6, 2013 7:13 pm

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All Songs Considered
4:59 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

How Are Your Music Tastes Changing As You Get Older?

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Originally published on Tue April 30, 2013 3:40 pm

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All Songs Considered
10:31 am
Thu April 11, 2013

NPR Is Relocating: What's The Best Song About Moving On?

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Twenty years after if first opened, NPR's old headquarters is being torn down. The network is moving to a new building at 1111 North Capitol street NE.
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NPR's new home.
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Originally published on Wed April 10, 2013 1:52 pm

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All Songs Considered
3:46 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

First Watch: Keaton Henson, 'You'

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Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 12:17 pm

The Keaton Henson who appears on the new album Birthdays is an avowed hermit with a profoundly broken heart. He also has one of the most beautiful voices I've heard. The 24 year-old singer from London, who says he rarely leaves his bedroom, bares his wrecked emotional remains in an arresting new video for the song "You."

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All Songs Considered
2:27 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Question Of The Week: What Is The Perfect Pair Of Headphones?

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An American zoo tried experiments of playing music to animals to see if it subdued them.
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I snapped this picture of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen when he was particularly flummoxed by his headphones.
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Originally published on Tue March 26, 2013 1:17 pm

I've been buying headphones for 30 years now, have owned more they I can possibly remember and still haven't found the perfect pair. I must chew through one or two sets a year in a never-ending, desperate (and futile) search to find the right acoustics, feel and functionality. I've tried in-ear buds, over-the-ear hooks, full-sized cans and wireless. Some sound great but fit horribly. Or the fit is perfect but the sound too tinny, or the controls don't quite work. The truth is, I hate headphones, especially because I hate being tethered to my stereo. It's like wearing a leash.

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First Listen
11:56 am
Mon March 25, 2013

First Listen: 'The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver'

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The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver comes out April 2.
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Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 6:57 am

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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All Songs Considered
5:37 pm
Tue March 5, 2013

Our SXSW Plans: Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Youth Lagoon, More

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Originally published on Wed March 6, 2013 12:03 pm

Get some earplugs and a case of your favorite caffeinated beverage ready: The annual sensory-overload-joy-fest known as South by Southwest is almost here. Bob Boilen, Ann Powers, Stephen Thompson and I, along with a small army of other NPR Music peeps, will be there next week for the whole thing. Whether you'll be in Austin for the festival, or watching and listening on our website, we hope you'll join us for these events:

WEDNESDAY, March 13

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Live in Concert
12:10 pm
Fri March 1, 2013

Foxygen In Concert

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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Foxygen performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 1:49 pm

  • Foxygen Live From The Rock And Roll Hotel

The trippy pop group Foxygen gave a thrilling, sometimes chaotic live performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, channeling everyone from The Velvet Underground to The Rolling Stones and Ramones.

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All Songs Considered
10:48 am
Wed February 27, 2013

First Watch: The Zolas, 'Escape Artist'

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Originally published on Tue February 26, 2013 2:39 pm

In "Escape Artist," the new video from Canadian pop duo The Zolas, the band plays around with audience expectations about race, culture and sexuality. As frontman Zach Gray sings about his mysterious alter ego, a group of kids kick around their neighborhood, playing basketball, chatting up girls and passing the hours. One of them clearly feels like an outsider.

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Live in Concert
8:59 pm
Mon February 25, 2013

Live Wednesday: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, With Foxygen

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra performs live at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 2:16 pm

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Live From The Rock And Roll Hotel

The psych-rock trio Unknown Mortal Orchestra doused a sold-out Washington, D.C., crowd in an epic wash of guitar noise during an hour-long performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel, recorded and webcast live on Feb. 27.

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