Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Counting Crows
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== 2010s === ==== 2010–2013: Independent releases and individual projects ==== The album ''[[August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall]]'' was released on August 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/august-and-everything-after-live-at-town-hall-mw0002176700 |title=August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall – Counting Crows – Songs, Reviews, Credits |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref> The release marked the band's third professionally produced live album, and the first concert video of its career. The album used footage from the Town Hall concert, recorded in September 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eaglerockent.com/news/151CCD/Counting+Crows+-+Live%21 |title=Counting Crows – Live! |publisher=Eagle Rock Entertainment |date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141439/http://www.eaglerockent.com/news/151CCD/Counting%2BCrows%2B-%2BLive%21 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |df=mdy}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2019}} The band released a covers album entitled ''[[Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)]]'' on April 10, 2012, with a cover design by a fan chosen in a promotional contest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://creativeallies.com/contests/314-Design-an-Album-Cover-for-Counting-Crows |title=Design an Album Cover for Counting Crows |publisher=[[Creative Allies]]|access-date=December 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103101611/http://creativeallies.com/contests/314-Design-an-Album-Cover-for-Counting-Crows|archive-date=January 3, 2012 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2019}} After touring extensively in 2012 and 2013 in support of the album (including headlining ''The Outlaw Roadshow'', a traveling festival tour presented in conjunction with Ryan Spaulding of the music blog Ryan's Smashing Life, and touring North America in the summer of 2013 with [[the Wallflowers]]), the band began working on material for a new album. Duritz also took time in the summer of 2012 to begin co-writing a play called ''Black Sun'', which will also feature some music written by Duritz, including well-known rarity songs "Good Luck" and "Chelsea".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1jct61/i_am_musician_adam_duritz_from_counting_crows_ask/cbdfuv1 |title=Reddit: I am Musician Adam Duritz from Counting Crows. Ask me anything... |publisher=Reddit|date=July 30, 2013|access-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name="MSN062613">{{cite web |url=http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/msn-exclusives-counting-crows/18k0t8bm3?cpkey=2c0acd77-2fd2-443d-9a15-4415e9db9cab%257c%257c%257c%257c |title=MSN Exclusives: Counting Crows |publisher=MSN Canada|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=September 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213202033/http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/msn-exclusives-counting-crows/18k0t8bm3?cpkey=2c0acd77-2fd2-443d-9a15-4415e9db9cab%257c%257c%257c%257c|archive-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A live album, ''[[Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow]]'', was released in North America in November 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/counting-crows-put-on-outlaw-roadshow-album-premiere-70498/ | title=Album Premiere: Counting Crows Put on 'Outlaw Roadshow' | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref> ==== 2014–2019: ''Somewhere Under Wonderland'', podcast and wine ==== The writing of material for a new album, ''[[Somewhere Under Wonderland]]'', began early in 2013 and continued during that year's summer tour.<ref name="MSN062613" /> The album was released on September 2, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/186190-counting-crows-somewhere-under-wonderland-2495610927.html |title=Counting Crows: Somewhere Under Wonderland |date=October 2, 2014 |website= PopMatters}}</ref> In 2018, Duritz became an investor in three wineries based in [[Napa Valley]], California—Elyse Winery, Institution Winery, and Addax Winery—managed by winemaker Russell Bevan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://backstage.ravinia.org/posts/everything-after-counting-crows-adam-duritz-favors-freedom-over-fame |title=EVERYTHING AFTER: COUNTING CROWS' ADAM DURITZ FAVORS FREEDOM OVER FAME |website= Ravinia Backstage Blog |access-date=27 April 2021 |date=13 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="WolfItDown">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hv-paRvJZYo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210427182431/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv-paRvJZYo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv-paRvJZYo |title=Wolf It Down Weekly with Tyler Florence: Episode 10 – Adam Duritz |website= youtube.com |access-date=27 April 2021 |date=23 April 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Starting in February 2018, Duritz began recording the Underwater Sunshine Podcast, a weekly music podcast with author and music journalist [[James Campion]].<ref name="UWSPod">{{cite web |title=Underwater Sunshine: The Podcast |url=http://countingcrows.com/podcast/ |website= CountingCrows.com}}</ref> Having parted ways with Spaulding, Duritz and friends began putting on their own twice-annual music festival in New York called the Underwater Sunshine Fest to showcase independent music.<ref name="UWSFest">{{cite web |url=https://underwatersunshinefest.com/ |title=UNDERWATER SUNSHINE FEST |website= Underwatersunshinefest.com}}</ref><ref name="UWSFestMetro">{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Pat |title=Adam Duritz gives back to the scene with the Underwater Sunshine Festival |url=https://www.metro.us/entertainment/adam-duritz-underwater-sunshine-festival |website= Metro New York |access-date=5 March 2020 |date=4 November 2019}}</ref> The first festival, held at the [[Bowery Electric]] in October 2018, featured 17 bands over two nights. A second in April 2019 showcased 18 bands, and a third held at [[Rockwood Music Hall]] in November 2019 expanded the lineup to 26. Acts as diverse as Yellow House Orchestra, Seán Barna, [[Mikaela Davis]], [[Marcy Playground]], Matt Sucich, [[Stephen Kellogg]], Stew and the Negro Problem, and Fairhazel have appeared. More bands recorded acoustic sessions at Duritz's loft the weekends of each of the festivals. In January 2019, Counting Crows released a newly recorded version of "August and Everything After" performed with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Air Lyndhurst|AIR Studios]].<ref name="aboutamazon.com">{{cite web |url=https://blog.aboutamazon.com/entertainment/the-counting-crows-song-youve-waited-25-years-to-hear |title=The Counting Crows song you've waited 25 years to hear|date=January 24, 2019 |website= US Day One Blog}}</ref> The song was cut from the band's first album, which had been named after it.<ref name="aboutamazon.com"/> Duritz then revealed in late 2019 that he had begun writing new music that past August.<ref name="UWSFestMetro" />
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)