Patti Scialfa set to release her new album '23rd Street Lullaby' due June

NEW YORK (Columbia Records Press Release) - Columbia Records is set to release "23rd Street Lullaby," the first album of new music from Patti Scialfa since the artist's critically-acclaimed 1993 release, "Rumble Doll." "23rd Street Lullaby" will be in stores on Tuesday, June 15.

Beginning at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 15, Patti Scialfa will sign copies of "23rd Street Lullaby" at New York's Tower Records - Lincoln Center (1961 Broadway at 66th Street, Manhattan).

A variety of television appearances have been scheduled for Patti Scialfa in celebration of the release of "23rd Street Lullaby":
Monday, June 14: "Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS)
Tuesday, June 15: "Today" (outdoor concert) (NBC)
Wednesday, June 16: "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (NBC)
Thursday, June 17: "The View" (ABC)
Sunday, June 20: "CBS News Sunday Morning" (CBS)
Monday, June 21: "The Early Show" (outdoor performance) (CBS)

In addition, Patti Scialfa's "Stumbling To Bethlehem," one of the key tracks on "23rd Street Lullaby," can be heard in the season finale of the People's Choice Award-winning CBS dramatic series, "Joan of Arcadia," on Friday, May 21.

With all words and music written by Patti Scialfa, "23rd Street Lullaby" is an intimate and powerful musical memoir combining imagery, empathy and honesty in twelve compelling tracks ranging from plaintive ballads to full- tilt rockers.

Tracks on "23rd Street Lullaby" include: "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," and "When You're Young In The City."

Co-produced by Patti Scialfa and Steve Jordan (who recently served as musical director for the PBS series, "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues" and has produced albums by Keith Richards, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and others), "23rd Street Lullaby" showcases an ensemble featuring guitarist Nils Lofgren, vocalist Soozie Tyrell, bassist Willie Weeks, keyboardist Clifford Carter, avant-garde guitarist Marc Ribot, cellist Jane Scarpantoni, drummer/co-producer Steve Jordan, and others.

Her debut solo album, "Rumble Doll," released in 1993, presented her as an emotionally potent performer as well as a singer-songwriter with an intensely personal vision.