Heading down the highway with Philly-bred guitarist Steve Gunn's 'Eyes on the Lines'

Steve Gunn makes road music, transfixing guitar rock that gathers momentum as it heads out on an open-ended journey. The 39-year-old blues- and jazz-schooled songwriter casts an exploratory spell on the new Eyes on the Lines (***1/2), his eighth solo album and first for prestige indie label Matador.