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Bob Boilen

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Bob Boilen

@BobBoilen

Creator of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts & All Songs Considered, author of "Your Song Changed My Life," a photographer, musician, and host of My Tiny Morning Show

Washington, DC

Joined January 2018

Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Sep 13, 2023
After 35 years, I am leaving NPR. I've had the thrill of creating Tiny Desk Concerts, All Songs Considered, directing All Things Considered for 18 years and so much more. I love the people I've worked with, but it's time to find new challenges. thank you for listening/watching.
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Sep 21, 2020
happens today!
Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Oct 2, 2023
After 23 years of hosting All Songs Considered, I'm retiring. For my final show, Robin Hilton has put together a heartwarming episode, gathering some of my favorite artists including Brian Eno, Lucy Dacus, Jeff Tweedy, Tom Yorke, and more to say goodbye n.pr/46x6jAR
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Jan 28, 2021
Today, Thursday Jan. 28 at 12 p.m. ET we'll be premiering Miley Cyrus' (@mileycyrus) Tiny Desk (home) concert and you don't want to miss it! Go to NPR Music’s YouTube channel @mileycyrus
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Apr 8, 2020
Damn, we've lost a true American Treasure.
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John Prine, Hero Of 'New' Nashville, Dies After Developing COVID-19 Symptoms
The beloved singer-songwriter who influenced generations of folk, country and Americana artists died Tuesday at the age of 73.
Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Oct 11, 2019
Yesterday at NPR Taylor Swift played a Tiny Desk Concert. It was just her, an acoustic guitar and piano. She talked a lot about how her songs came to be and I can’t wait for you to see it. Coming to NPR Music’s site… instagram.com/p/B3e5Xqon5U8/…
Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Feb 6, 2019
Hey @billieeilish I'm wondering what your Tiny Desk Concert would be like. Interested in playing my desk when you come to D.C.? #tinydesk
Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Sep 13, 2023
Replying to @matthewartus
ha. Bob's Bagels! that's it, that's my future
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Apr 24, 2019
Did you know that Tiny Desk Concerts appear on NPR's site a week or so before you'll see them on YouTube? So TODAY, watch Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, The Better Oblivion Community Center Tiny Desk here n.pr/2PqL4u4 @phoebe_bridgers @conoroberst
Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Jun 1, 2024
Bob Boilen here, creator of Tiny Desk concerts and All Songs Considered. Today, I’m proud to begin a new chapter as Program Director of Takoma Radio. The music played on WOWD is curated by music-loving fanatics with wildly ranging tastes. takomaradio.org @TakomaRadio
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Apr 17, 2024
I will be the new Program Director of WOWD Takoma Radio. I'm thrilled to work with old and new friends, including DJs from the WGTB days and local high school hosts on this fabulous eclectic community radio station. I begin the job on June 1. @TakomaRadio
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Oct 4, 2023
My Tiny Morning Show on takomaradio.org is now the only place to hear my music passions, new & old. On my first post-NPR retirement show, I’ll lean toward the old and play songs about life changes and the passage of time. Wednesday at 8 a.m. ET archived for 2 weeks.
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Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Sep 12, 2019
In memory of Daniel Johnston
npr.org
Daniel Johnston: Tiny Desk Concert
A troubled soul with a talent for writing honest, disarmingly direct songs, Johnston performs in the NPR Music offices. His short set closes with a classic of his: "True Love Will Find You in the End"
Bob Boilen
@BobBoilen
Feb 7, 2018
SZA came to perform a Tiny Desk Concert but had to cancel when she realized her voice was to strained. As an apology she hung around to chat, hug and take pics with every NPR employee and friend who came out to see her.