Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.

Happy weekend, happy holiday weekend, hope you had a great Fourth of July.

Here on the show, we did.

We enjoyed the holiday with our friends and family and animals.

In fact, as you listen to this, as you hear my voice right now, we are still at the show

enjoying our holiday weekend, which is why, instead of our usual weekly wrap, we're going

to bring you a very special edition of the show with a few of my favorite music interviews.

Interviews full of music that is perfect for a summertime, barbecue, or a poolside hang,

or whatever.

First up, Nick Hakeem.

This his song called Green Twins.

It is a title track of an album that I love by him.

Our colleague here at NPR, Lars Gottrich, he says, Nick Hakeem and his music is, quote,

soul music for outer space.

Nick Hakeem has a great tiny desk concert up at npr music.org.

Right now, go check it out after you hear this.

But first, hear this, my chat with Nick Hakeem.

I got to show you something.

Yeah.

Because I want to make sure that you believe me when I say this.

I stream most of my music now.

And I mostly stream through Spotify, but I also have title and Apple and whatever.

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