Out On The Line – The Blue Highways (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

I know that calling anything remotely Springsteen-esque in the alt-country/americana genre is akin to the whole “new Dylan” cliche in folk music, but I will go ahead and say it. The Blue Highways are very Springsteen-esque. Not in any plagiaristic or plundering way, but their songs do capture the same spirit of life, the same spark of ambition, and the same restlessness. And, similarly, like he who shall not be named again in this review, even when talking about small-town lives, when sonically sketching their own turnpike operas and back alley ballets, the mood is never less than celebratory…

Read the full review at The Big Takeover