AGES: All Ages
DOORS: 6 p.m.
SHOW: 6:30 p.m.
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With special guests Frisco Funk Collective
The Motet
A new beginning can happen at any time. No matter where you may be on your journey, you can always start over once again. After 26 years, nine albums, and over a thousand shows, The Motet embark on another chapter galvanized in equal measure by their longstanding bond and a surge of fresh energy. The genre-breaking group—Dave Watts [drums], Joey Porter [keys], Garrett Sayers [bass], Drew Sayers [keys, saxophone], and Ryan Jalbert [guitar]—officially welcome Sarah Clarke [lead vocals] to the family. Their inimitable instrumental interplay proves just as fiery as ever, while her addition only fuels their collective flame higher. They ignite a new era with their 2024 full-length album and first with Sarah on the mic, Love Time.
“It’s our first step into the world as this iteration of The Motet,” affirms Sarah. “It’s also an opportunity for folks to hopefully jump aboard and see where it goes.” “It is the beginning,” agrees Dave. “We’re not in this for money or fame. We just want to be able to write songs and play shows. The fact we can travel as far as we do, go through everything as a team, and play music we wrote together is humbling. To see people coming out to shows, smiling, singing, dancing, and sustaining our careers is nothing short of a miracle.”
The Motet bubbled up out of Colorado back in 1998. Their catalog has grown to encompass a bevy of fan favorite albums. In between, they have packed houses coast-to-coast. The band has impressively headlined their hometown Red Rocks Amphitheatre seven times as well as gracing the bills of Bonnaroo, Bottlerock, Electric Forest, Bumbershoot, Summer Camp, and High Sierra, to name a few. The Motet first crossed paths with Sarah on tour. Blown away by her performance with her band Dirty Revival, Dave kept in touch, and asked her to sing at a handful of Bay Area shows in 2022. Sparks flew, chemistry sizzled, and the collaboration showed immense promise. She soon found herself in the studio with the group, lending her powerhouse pipes to “Natural Light” and “We Got U,” paving the way for the new album Love Time. “We’ve continued going down a path of funk, soul, and disco, but Sarah takes it all up a notch,” Dave smiles. “She has a unique way of approaching and lyrics, and she collaborates with the rest of us really well. We’re on the same road, but it has a different color to it.” “As soon as we started working together more, I was so inspired,” Sarah adds. “It’s an honor to play with musicians of their caliber, and I knew The Motet was where I wanted to be.” They wrote and recorded at a comfortable pace, locking into a groove throughout 2024. With Sarah based in Portland and the rest of the crew in Denver, they carved out pockets of time to collaborate on what would become Love Time.
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