Chris Smither is a fine singer, a superb finger-picker with an enviably clean sound who manages to make a sound that is remarkably like a slide guitar, he's hard to pigeohole a mix of blues, alt.country and latter day troubadour. "Train Home" presents seven new Smither originals ranging from the delicate melodies of "Outside In" and "Confirmation" to the bluesy stomp of "Call Time". The four cover songs are wonderfully eclectic: highly original remakes of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" and Richie Furay's "Kind Woman" along with two long-time crowd-pleasers from his live shows, Mississippi John Hurt's "Candy Man" and Dave Carter's "Crocodile Man".