{"id":20628,"date":"2017-08-23T15:35:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=20628"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:06:02","slug":"playing-detroit-white-bee-beat-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-detroit-white-bee-beat-state\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAYING DETROIT: White Bee Adds Neo-Soul Buzz to &#8220;Beat State&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-324x324.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-416x416.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The term neo-soul has been popping up around the Detroit music scene more and more frequently these days. Used to describe a blend of R&amp;B, soul and non-traditional inclusions of jazz and hip-hop, neo-soul is becoming more of an overall aesthetic than just a sonic nuance. And no one embodies this quite like foursome White Bee. Their latest track &#8220;Beat State&#8221; may be difficult to peg to one genre, but is an easy-to-swallow blend of creamy jazz vocals and tenderized percussive arrangements paired together for a perfectly patient concoction.\u00a0Shannon Barnes \u00a0(Guitar\/Vocals), Alex Niemi (Drums), Michael O&#8217;Brien (Bass\/Backing Vocals) and Scott Ryan (Keys) together create a serene, textural velveteen on &#8220;Beat State&#8221; &#8211; a little Tame Impala smoothness, a hint of vocal climbing a la Feist, and a dash of new John Mayer, White Bee is a unique and delightful grab-bag of good vibes.<\/p>\n<p>Lay it on thick with White Bee&#8217;s &#8220;Beat State&#8221; below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 442px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=1963933090\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whitebee.bandcamp.com\/track\/beat-state\">Beat State by White Bee<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term neo-soul has been popping up around the Detroit music scene more and more frequently these days. Used to describe a blend of R&amp;B, soul and non-traditional inclusions of jazz and hip-hop, neo-soul is becoming more of an overall aesthetic than just a sonic nuance. And no one embodies this quite like foursome White [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":20629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6732,4392],"tags":[6558,43,3522,1503,6559],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16426012_1839611982991404_4644449861426002582_n-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20628"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20638,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628\/revisions\/20638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}