The Sampler for Tuesday 3 April 2012

Nick Bollinger discusses Wrecking Ball: the politically-inspired new album from Bruce Springsteen; reviews a double-disc set from Lyttelton troubadours The Eastern; and talks to second generation Texan songster Justin Townes Earle.

Music details

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Songs: We Take Care Of Our Own, Death To My Hometown, Easy Money, Shackled and Drawn,This Depression, Land Of Hope and Dreams
Composer: Springsteen
Album: Wrecking Ball
Label: Columbia

Artist: Justin Townes Earle
Songs: Harlem River Blues
Composer: Earle
Album: Harlem River Blues
Label: Bloodshot

Artist: Justin Townes Earle
Songs: Memphis Is The Rain, Look The Other Way, Maria, Won’t be The Last Time, Down On The Lower East Side
Composer: Earle
Album: Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Label: Bloodshot

Artist: The Eastern
Songs: Gone, Turn It Around, State Houses By The River, The James Girl, Let ‘Em Know
Composer: McGrath
Songs: North Wind, Sad Heart
Composer: Shanks
Album: Hope and Wire
Label: Rough Peel Records