Punch Brothers & Sarah Jarosz, Teardrop (Massive Attack cover), live at Mountain Winery (4K)

Punch Brothers and Sarah Jarosz play a cover of the Massive Attack song "Teardrop" live in concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California on August 5, 2022. Teardrop originally appeared on English trip hop band Massive Attack's third studio album, Mezzanine (1998), featuring vocals by Elizabeth Fraser, former lead singer of Cocteau Twins. The song has been covered by José González, Aurora, Brad Mehldau, Incubus, Hayley Williams, and Caroline Polachek, among others. Jarosz covered it in 2018 on the Live From Here With Chris Thile public radio show.

Punch Brothers are a Grammy Award winning progressive bluegrass band consisting of Chris Thile (lead vocals, mandolin), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Paul Kowert (bass). Sarah Jarosz is a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter from Wimberley, Texas. Jarosz, Watchhouse, and Punch Brothers appeared at the Mountain Winery as part of their American Acoustic concert tour.

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Tear Drop lyrics:

Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me, makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath

Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath

Night, night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath

Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my

Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath

Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath

It's tumbling down
It's tumbling down

Written by Elizabeth Fraser / Grantley “Marshall / Andrew Vowles / Robert del Naja

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Punch Brothers - American Acoustic live tour dates - with Watchhouse (2022):

July 27 - Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
July 28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
July 31 - Portland, OR @ Pioneer Courthouse Square
Aug. 1 - Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre
Aug. 3 - Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Festival Fairgrounds
Aug. 5 - Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery
Aug. 6 - Rohnert Park, CA @ Green Music Center
Aug. 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 17 - Northampton, MA @ Pines Theater
Aug. 18 - New Haven, CT@ Westville Music Bowl
Aug. 19 - Upper Salford Township, PA @ Philadelphia Folk Festival

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Punch Brothers live tour dates (2022):

Aug. 22 - Chautauqua, NY @ Chautauqua Institution
Aug. 25 - Cincinnati, OH @ Brady Music Center
Aug. 26 - Bridgeview, IL @ Sacred Rose Festival
Aug. 27 - Bayfield, WI @ Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Oct. 12 - Roanoke, VA @ Jefferson Center
Oct. 13 - Wilmington, NC @ Kenan Auditorium
Oct. 14 - Grovetown, GA @ Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival

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Sarah Jarosz official bio:

With her captivating voice and richly detailed songwriting, Sarah Jarosz has emerged as one of the most compelling musicians of her generation. A four-time Grammy Award winner and ten-time nominee at the age of 30, the Texas native started singing as a young girl and became an accomplished multi-instrumentalist by her early teens. After releasing her full-length debut Song Up in Her Head at 18-years-old, she went on to deliver such critically lauded albums as Follow Me Down, Build Me Up From Bones, and Undercurrent, in addition to joining forces with Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan to form the acclaimed folk trio I’m With Her. Her fifth studio album, World On The Ground, produced by John Leventhal, went on to win the Grammy award for Best Americana Album. In 2021 Jarosz released the Grammy-nominated Blue Heron Suite, a much- anticipated song cycle which she composed after being the recipient of the FreshGrass Composition Commission. She will continue to tour in 2022 in support of both releases.

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Punch Brothers official bio:

Punch Brothers are mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny, and violinist Gabe Witcher. Their accolades include a Grammy for best folk album for their 2018 release All Ashore, and praise from the media, including the Washington Post, which said, "With enthusiasm and experimentation, Punch Brothers take bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, drawing equal inspiration from the brain and the heart."

Punch Brothers formed in 2006. Its first Nonesuch record, Punch, was released in 2008 and combined elements of the band’s many musical interests. In 2009, they began a residency at NYC’s intimate Lower East Side club The Living Room, trying out new songs and ultimately spawning Antifogmatic (2010). In 2012, the band released Who’s Feeling Young Now?, which Q praised for its ‘astonishing, envelope-pushing vision’, while Rolling Stone said, “The acoustic framework dazzles–wild virtuosity used for more than just virtuosity.” Their 2015 album, the T Bone Burnett-produced, The Phosphorescent Blues, addresses with straight-up poignancy and subversive humor, the power and the pitfalls of our super-connected world.

[debmurray]

2:40 there are so many wonderful things to say about this cover, but I marvelled that Sarah flung herself full-body back in front of the mic without overshooting the pitch. Unbelievable musicianship on that stage.

[leehjones]

2:30 Watch Paul physically keep the beat nailed down as Gabe and Chris are creating their soundscape. And Noam, maybe the greatest banjo player of his generation (he's a generation younger than Bela) devoting himself to a synth part. Geniuses. Every last one of them.

[dbadagna]

Jarosz's interpretation of this song has changed since 2018, and I like this version (with powerfully nailed high As) better.

[markr]

OMG - that last note! Sarah is the very best!

[leeartlee]

I knew I liked this girl but her covering MASSIVE ATTACK is just bonkers. Love it.

[JKFlaker]

Most of us watching this have probably already seen their cover of this on Live From Here but if you haven’t you should check it out too. Thoroughly enjoyed this version 👍🏼.

[downriverprod]

Thanks for posting these. I miss LFH so much

[samanthascibelli]

Thank you for sharing!! Just saw the show last night in Northampton and this performance has not left my mind since. Sarah’s voice is incredible

[humanbeing]

Incredible arrangement ! Gorgeous venue. Fantastic description too - all the important info, thanks for that, much appreciated.

[django]

Thanks so much for posting this. I saw them perform this in Seattle a couple weeks ago and it was the highlight of a great show. Sarah's vocals were sooo powerful and mood created by the Punch Brothers' take on this song was perfect. And that last note that Sarah holds for so long. Wow! I like how they are performing it now even more than the version they did on Live From Here.

[sharonmickey]

It's hard to believe Chris and Sarah have been connected 20 years now! Wow!! Sarah in braces back in the day.. :) just a baby..

[RichardTafoya]

Saw this at the Ford on Sunday night. Brilliant.

[bentonscrivener]

Ford show was so amazing! Flew 5000 miles round trip to see it! Well that an a girl.

[peerblickdicht]

well dang! Can't believe I'm saying this but I might like this one even better than the original

[feelegoode]

So good - But what if Paul Kowert had bass'ed the intro.