Robin Hilton
Robin Hilton is a producer and co-host of the popular NPR Music show .
Prior to joining NPR in 2000, Hilton co-founded , 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 . You can hear more of his music .
Along the way, Hilton worked as an emergency room orderly, a blackjack dealer and a fruitcake factory assembly lineman.
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The latest video from Radiohead is a field recording of Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke performing "The Numbers," from the band's latest album A Moon Shaped Pool.
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This week's show features songs that are fueled by emotion, namely passion and desire. -
A new David Bowie box set released late last week includes a complete version of his long-lost album, The Gouster. Bowie originally recorded the album in 1974, but eventually shelved the project. -
Beck's new video is a surreal dance party in which he busts out his sweetest moves on a busy street's median. It also features cameos by his children, Cosimo and Tuesday Hansen.
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The first single from Alone is a jangly pop cut with arpeggiated synths and quirky guitar riffs called "Holy Commotion!" -
The Obama administration is collaborating with SXSW to host a miniature version of the festival at the White House. It'll be called South by South Lawn and will be held Oct. 3. -
The short film for "Nobody Speak," brilliantly directed by Sam Pilling, is a powerful — if sometimes comical — statement on the dysfunction of this year's political season.
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The song, "Not Myself," is a gorgeous and haunting elegy. -
"Kids" appears on a new, two-volume soundtrack from the supernatural TV thriller.
