"Side By Side" Radio Premiere - 7/9/17

July 05, 2017  /  McGuire Simon

 
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Our song "Side By Side" will be played on the radio on Sunday July 9th as part of WFUV's "Sunday Supper", guest-hosted by Christine Lavin. Tune in shortly after 5pm to hear our brand new recording featuring Marialena DiFabbio on lead vocals!

Christine Lavin will also be interviewing David Hein, co-author of COME FROM AWAY, and playing songs from other new musicals. Don't miss it!  

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WFUV 90.7FM in NYC
www.wfuv.org online streaming
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"Side by Side" from EXPRESS
Words & music by Janine McGuire & Arri Lawton Simon
Lead vocal by Marialena DiFabbio
Background vocals by Kellie Cullinan, Janine McGuire & Arri Lawton Simon
Guitar by Jake Ezra Schwartz
Produced by Reed Robins

"Side By Side" comes from the 1964 segment of EXPRESS in which the characters are on their way to the World's Fair in Flushing, Queens.  The song is a teenage girl's response to her mother's racial biases, and a call for equality and acceptance of all people.