The Wanton Bishops

About the artist

The Wanton Bishops, though a band by every definition of the word, is actually the vision of one very eclectic man – Beirut native Nader Mansour. Following the release of The Wanton Bishops’ debut album ‘Sleep With The Lights On’, a Delta blues record inspired by the likes of RL Burnside and Muddy Waters, Nader journeyed to America’s deep south to experience the roots of Mississippi blues. The experience spawned a musical epiphany for Nader, as he returned home to Lebanon a changed man with a newly inspired musical vision. Nader’s music slowly emerged from the Delta swamps into the Lebanese mountains, and the music of The Wanton Bishops began to reflect Nader’s homeland, his people, and his personal journey. To quote Nader, "I’m finally getting to the core of the music I want to create, and that core is scarily confused, yet uniquely special, much like our own identity as Lebanese people living in Beirut, that eternal cultural crossroad." This experimentation is initially heard on the band's EP 'Nowhere Everywhere', and has now become fully realized on the highly anticipated sophomore full-length album ‘Under The Sun’, out now.