Bob Boilen

Bob B Boilen is an American musician and media personality. He is the host and creator of NPR's online music show All Songs Considered.

Not to be confused with Bob Bolen.
Bob Boilen
Bob Boilen (2014)
BornApril 11, 1953
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Career
ShowAll Songs Considered
NetworkNPR
StylePresenter
CountryUnited States
Websitebobboilen.info

From 1982 to 1986 Boilen filled a variety of roles including composer with Baltimore's Impossible Theater. He has also worked as a producer for Channel 50, and produced Science Live for the Discovery Channel. Boilen was the director of the NPR show All Things Considered (1989–2007) and chose the music between the news stories for that show. Those musical snippets or "buttons" was the starting point for the creation of All Songs Considered.

Boilen created the Tiny Desk Concert series for NPR Music, hosting intimate performances at his desk. The series curated by Boilen and the team of NPR Music was inspired by a comment made by NPR Music's Stephen Thompson when he jokingly invited musician Laura Gibson to perform at Bob's desk. The two of them went to see Gibson at a show at SXSW in 2008 and the loud crowd made it impossible to hear her. The name of the series is a play on the name Tiny Desk Unit, a band Boilen played in from 1979–1981.[1]

Bob Boilen writes electronic music with friend Michael Barron;[2] both were founding members of the psychedelic dance band Tiny Desk Unit (1979–1981), for which Boilen played synthesizer.[3] Boilen continues to write music with Barron in a band called Danger Painters and also writes and releases solo music. Boilen also composed the original theme music for Talk of the Nation.[4]

He voiced himself in "Gal of Constant Sorrow", a Season 27 episode of the animated television series The Simpsons.[5]

References
  1. "Tiny Desk: how NPR's intimate concert series earned a cult following". Vox. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020.
  2. "home". michaelbarron.info. Michael Barron. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011.
  3. "Tiny Desk Unit". lostbands.blogspot.it. June 2006. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. "Bob Boilen". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  5. Boilen, Bob (2016-02-18). "So ... I'm Going To Be On 'The Simpsons'". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved 2016-02-18.


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