Robin Hilton

Robin Hilton

@robinpr.bsky.social

Sr. Producer and host for Tiny Desks and All Songs Considered at NPRMusic, composer, ruminator, Jayhawk. Rock chalk! (Not Moby) www.npr.org/allsongs www.robinhiltonmusic.com

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Robin Hilton
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To quote The Minders, "Hooray for Tuesday" because it means a new episode of All Songs Considered from @npr.org! This wk we tell the remarkable story of the Elephant 6 Collective and celebrate the first new Olivia Tremor Control album in nearly 30 yrs. ❤️ www.npr.org/2026/10/20/n...

npr.orgThe rapturous, heartbreaking story of Elephant 6 : NPR MusicWith the arrival of the first new Olivia Tremor Control album in nearly 30 years, we attempt to make sense of the sprawling, enigmatic collective behind it known as Elephant 6.NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich...
Robin Hilton
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Just gutted by this loss. In addition to being an exceedingly kind and beautiful soul, he was hugely important to me and to the creation and spirit of All Songs Considered. www.npr.org/2026/07/29/g...

npr.orgGlen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
Robin Hilton
@robinpr.bsky.social

The Grateful Dead have always been a big blind spot for me - a band, on paper, that I should probably love but don't. On This wk's All Songs Considered from @npr.org, Felix and Isabella show me what I've been missing. ❤️ www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...

npr.orgHow to love the Grateful Dead : NPR MusicOnce in a while you get shown the light in the strangest places, if you look at it right. And if you get confused, just listen to the music play. This week, resident Deadheads Isabella Gomez Sarmiento...
Robin Hilton
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Already more than 400 emails today and it's not even 11:00. I propose artists and labels just release their music whenever - don't hold everything 'til Friday. It just gets lost in the noise.

Robin Hilton
@robinpr.bsky.social

Feel like you could swap the chorus to Olivia Rodrigo's "Drop Dead" with the chorus to The Proclaimer's "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"? Oh, one night I was bored in bed... and I would walk 500 more... it's fem-i-nine in-tu-i-tion... to fall down at your door.

Robin Hilton
@robinpr.bsky.social

This new Jungle cut has been giving me life this wk. The Quiet Light track is the discovery of the week, and José González has never sounded better. Also, Tom gets me to love Tanya Tagaq, shares a Gabriel Kahane concept piece that’s like a David Lynch movie, and more. ❤️ www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...