An intimate conversation between Source Weekly Publisher Aaron Switzer and Musician Faisal Abu-Nawwas.

Faisal grew up in the PNW and has been performing since he was a youngster. Hear stories from his early days and what happens in his head when he performs. Get to know Faisal a little better in the podcast then catch his deep, rich vocals as he performs in venues throughout Central Oregon.

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This article appears in Source Weekly September 14, 2023.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Musician Faisal Abu-Nawwas 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 21, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Musician Faisal Abu-Nawwas 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 21, 2023</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">A</span>n intimate conversation between Source Weekly Publisher Aaron Switzer and Musician Faisal Abu-Nawwas. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the_source_-_bend_don_t_break_092123.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the_source_-_bend_don_t_break_092123.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-50936" /></a></figure> </p> <p>Faisal grew up in the PNW and has been performing since he was a youngster. Hear stories from his early days and what happens in his head when he performs. Get to know Faisal a little better in the podcast then catch his deep, rich vocals as he performs in venues throughout Central Oregon.</p> <p><b>Listen now: </b> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/faisal-final-mix" title="Bend Don&apos;t Break: Musician Faisal Abu-Nawwas" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Musician Faisal Abu-Nawwas</a></div> </p></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-musician-faisal-abu-nawwas-19862205/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=50931&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-musician-faisal-abu-nawwas-19862205/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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