{"id":105,"date":"2017-09-20T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headphonenation.net\/bradygerber.com\/post\/via-the-wanton-bishops-the-middle-east-has-an\/"},"modified":"2018-03-13T21:09:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T04:09:15","slug":"via-the-wanton-bishops-the-middle-east-has-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/post\/via-the-wanton-bishops-the-middle-east-has-an\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-105 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/post\/via-the-wanton-bishops-the-middle-east-has-an\/attachment\/106\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tumblr_owksj6zrPU1t3m7gao1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tumblr_owksj6zrPU1t3m7gao1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tumblr_owksj6zrPU1t3m7gao1_1280-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tumblr_owksj6zrPU1t3m7gao1_1280.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headphonenation.net\/the-wanton-bishops\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wanton Bishops<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East has an established Tuareg blues scene, but American blues-influenced rock \u2018n\u2019 roll isn\u2019t as easy to find throughout the Middle East from the states. The Wanton Bishops is one of those rare finds that catches me off guard by how American it sounds and how strong it is; Delta harmonicas, bluesy riffs, and mournful howls are all here, but there\u2019s also a very modern drive and light electronic touch that makes this more than just \u201cAmerican rock.\u201d Listen to the whole album and be prepared to be pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/thewantonbishops.bandcamp.com\/album\/nowhere-everywhere\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wanton Bishops is the vision of one very eclectic man \u2013 Nader Mansour. A cultural anomaly, considering the fact that he was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Nader as lead singer is the very epitome of a howling blues man. With a wide range of influences, Nader\u2019s music draws from blues, psychedelic rock, classic rock to the sounds of the Tarab.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via The Wanton Bishops) The Middle East has an established Tuareg blues scene, but American blues-influenced rock \u2018n\u2019 roll isn\u2019t as easy to find throughout the Middle East from the states. The Wanton Bishops is one of those rare finds that catches me off guard by how American it sounds and how strong it is; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[177,32,178],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>- Brady Gerber<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/post\/via-the-wanton-bishops-the-middle-east-has-an\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Brady Gerber\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(via The Wanton Bishops) The Middle East has an established Tuareg blues scene, but American blues-influenced rock \u2018n\u2019 roll isn\u2019t as easy to find throughout the Middle East from the states. 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