Scialfa Sings New "Lullaby"

Patti Scialfa will release her second album, 23rd Street Lullaby, on June 15th. The set is the E Street Band singer's first solo recording since her debut Rumble Doll eleven years ago.

Scialfa enlisted a pair of E Streeters -- guitarist Nils Lofgren and singer Soozie Tyrell -- to guest on the album, though her husband, Bruce Springsteen, doesn't make an appearance. The set also features progressive guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Sam Phillips), bassist Willie Weeks (David Bowie, George Harrison), keyboardist Clifford Carter (James Taylor) and cellist Jane Scarpantoni (R.E.M., Lou Reed). Steve Jordon, who has worked with Keith Richards and Sheryl Crow, played drums and co-produced the album with Scialfa.

23rd Street Lullaby track list:

23rd Street Lullaby
You Can't Go Back
Rose
City Boys
Love (Stand Up)
Yesterday's Child
Stumbling to Bethlehem
Each Other's Medicine
Romeo
State of Grace
Chelsea Avenue
When You're Young in the City

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Joni Mitchell | 1974

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.

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