All Songs Considered
Monday - 10-10:30 PM
A weekly music show and daily blog hosted by Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton dedicated to finding music you’ll fall in love with and change your life!
All Songs Considered started in 2000. It was inspired and first featured music heard on NPR's daily news show All Things Considered. Bob Boilen directed that program and chose the music for 19 years. All Songs Considered
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With graduation season here, we're wondering what song takes you back to the time you left school, said goodbye to old friends and headed out on your own. Send us a voice memo or email about it.
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Record and email us a voice memo telling us about a song that reminds you of Mom. We'll share select stories and songs on an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
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Have you ever used a mixtape or playlist to let someone know you've got a crush on them? Tell us about it. We may use your song and story in an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
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There was one overwhelming favorite album that topped this year's All Songs Considered listener poll, and it wasn't even close.
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It's time once again to look back at all the incredible new music we got in 2023. So, we want to know: What were your favorite albums (or EPs) released this past year?
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Tell us about a song that hit you particularly hard in 2023 — maybe one you listened to on repeat, ugly cried to, or one that just made you connected with you more than any other song this year.
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The host of All Songs Considered listens for the moments when the poetry of a song's lyrics seem woven into its sound. This year, his playlists overflowed.
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This has been a year packed with great albums, some highly anticipated and some out of the blue. Share your favorites with us and we'll reveal the results on an episode of All Songs Considered.
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Picking one winner from thousands of amazing entries wasn't easy. But one singer-songwriter rose to the top, with a song about rooting yourself in nature that stopped our judges in their tracks.
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Floating is a state of mind. Let KQED's playlist of house, jazz and indie-pop songs serve as a meditation break.