Music

February, 2000

RockAdam Duritz has held Counting Crows together for a fine fourth album, This Desert Life (DGC), and it might be the best album of the Crows' career. Their sound hasn't changed much. It's still a modern folk-rock blend that's by turns yearning (I Wish I Was a Girl) and exuberant. On Mrs. Potter's Lullaby, Duritz even seems to locate the perfect midpoint between Bob Dylan and Michael Stipe. This giddy stream of pleasures is also funny, funky, rocking and ranting.--Dave MarshRun Devil Run (Capito...