A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

It is a miserable day to visit Nick Hakim at his home in Ridgewood, Queens. April showers have extended well into May, and an almost comically torrential rainfall has transformed the charming New York ...

If you listen closely, you can hear the subtle sounds of sirens in the background of “Small Things 2,” the final track on Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson’s collaborative album, Small Things. Much of the ...

Hakim’s voice on “QADIR” is rusty but soulful. His slow cadence and repetitive beat make the song hypnotic; it’s easy to leave this on repeat for a couple of plays. Hakim wrote the song as an ode to a ...

One of the most distinctive qualities about Nick Hakim’s music is its fluidity—it flows freely between R&B, indie, psychedelia, and more to create a unique strain of experimental soul that takes shape ...

Nick Hakim openly admits it – as a recording artist, the 26-year-old was something of a late bloomer, especially considering his musical family. His kid brother – now proficient on electric guitar – ...

A little under three years ago, Nick Hakim released his debut album, Green Twins. And while the psychedelic soul of that collection garnered him plenty of acclaim, the years since have been ...