I remember buying Patti Scialfa’s second album, 2004’s 23rd Street Lullaby, after reading rave reviews.

Scialfa, longtime E-Street Band member and wife of Bruce Springsteen, had put her solo career on hold for 11 years after the release of her debut album, and 23rd Street Lullaby was celebrated not just for its music but for the fact that it put the spotlight on somebody perennially relegated to the background.

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