Highway Companion is bathed in a headlight glow, and has the loping pace and casual melodicism of a man humming to himself. It's an extended salute to killing time, telling stories, swapping jokes, and singing along to the radio.  Full text...

If the former Heartbreaker's third solo album proves to be his last, he has delivered one of rock's most eloquent goodbyes.  Full text...

As his visage gradually disappears behind rock's most fulsome face-foliage, Rick Rubin seems to be taking on the role of saviour of American rock'n'roll.  Full text...

‘Highway Companion’ maintains the level of quality that you expect out of the singer and can stand against any of his earlier releases.   Full text...

With production assistance from old Traveling Wilburys companion Jeff Lynne and the musical services of Heartbreakers' guitarist Mike Campbell, the album's bluesy Americana-inspired tunes like "Saving Grace" and "Turn This Car Around" are, sure, kind of predictable, but they make up for that by being pretty darn good songs.  Full text...

In his finely crafted new solo effort, he gets down to it again with "This Old Town," a rumination that could've been kicked off Neil Young's "Harvest" for being too much of a downer.  Full text...

Highway Companion is worth the trip.  Full text...

In putting together a collection of songs about cars, escape, love (troubled and untroubled) and constant motion, Petty’s not out to reinvent the wheel; he never has been.  Full text...

The excellent first single Saving Grace, with its churning country riff, stands out from a set too often padded with bluesy fillers such as Turn this Car Around and Big Weekend.  Full text...

Predictably, the record is devoted more to the acoustic than to the electric, so the hard-hitting “Saving Grace” is the exception, not the rule.  Full text...

An enjoyable album.  Full text...