The Motet have announced that vocalist Lyle Divinsky and trumpet player Parris Fleming are leaving the band and “pursuing their own paths.” (Quote via press release.) To usher in the band’s new ...

If every member of a band is replaced over time, is it the same band? Since its founding in 1998, Colorado funk band The Motet has been doing just that. Over 20 musicians have contributed to The Motet ...

The Motet has provided the up-tempo funk soundtrack for dance parties in Colorado for two decades and played hundreds of annual shows here and on the road. After a long and jarring break from live ...

When Dave Watts first hit the music scene – in his Syracuse, N.Y., hometown some 20 years ago, in a band he would like to forget called Driver that practiced in the basement of a pet store – Watts was ...

Since The Motet started in Boulder in 1998, the band has earned a devoted fan base through steady touring, energetic performances and occasional theme-based shows. The seven-piece ensemble, which now ...

The Motet has provided the up-tempo funk soundtrack for dance parties in Colorado for two decades and played hundreds of annual shows here and on the road. After a long and jarring break from live ...

Colter Wall will be wailing his country tunes at Mission Ballroom for two nights – Thursday, January 19, and Friday, January 20 – while The Velveteers summon thunderous sounds at the Bluebird Theater ...

Since its founding nearly ten years ago by drummer Dave Watts, The Motet has produced almost as many albums, mixing a mosaic of influences from African to Latin, and from western pop to dance club ...

There are a lot of different things going on in “The Forty Part Motet,” Janet Cardiff’s majestic and entrancing sonic installation that is in residence at Gallery 308 in Fort Mason Center through ...

Denver-based soul and funk ensemble The Motet have shared their new cover of Tame Impala’s 2020 track “Breathe Deeper.” The track sees The Motet reimagining the song with a slowed-down adaptation that ...