Rowan LipkovitsMy #StupidAccordionTricks spree of iconic songs by women winds up with my running #TammyWynette's 1968 #StandByYourMan through the squeezebox:
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My #StupidAccordionTricks quest to celebrate IWD all month long has led me to some strange places, perhaps none odder than here: #ShaniaTwain's 1997 anthem #ManIFeelLikeAWoman:
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (Shania Twain, 1997) ... played on the accordion!
A bolder foray into my #StupidAccordionTricks campaign of songs by kick-ass women for IWD all month long, here's last year's #Manchild by #SabrinaCarpenter:
Manchild (Sabrina Carpenter, 2025) ... played on the accordion!
As the start of my spree of IWD-inspired #StupidAccordionTricks cover songs this month, I kick it off with #Jax's #VictoriasSecret song. (Why? Epstein, sadly.)
Victoria's Secret (Jax, 2022) ... played on the accordion!
Valentine's Day kind of snuck up on me, but I should be sharing more #StupidAccordionTricks love songs in February, and they start with this improbable 2003 #Goldfrapp banger, #StrictMachine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZLcS1C8e2w
Strict Machine (Goldfrapp, Black Cherry, 2003) ... played on the accordion!
It's been maybe a month since I got any new #StupidAccordionTricks recordings together -- but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to celebrate #DickVanDyke's 100th birthday with #FidelityFiduciaryBank from 1964's #MaryPoppins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsghgSolS6o
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (Mary Poppins, 1964) ... played on the accordion!
Greetings, everyone! Musically speaking, other than playing #StupidAccordionTricks in my basement every week I'm practically retired. However: bizarrely, I have a gig coming up to tell you about. It's a benefit for #AccordionNoir's parent radio station #CFRO Co-Op Community Radio, taking place the night of Wednesday Nov 19 at the WISE Lounge, beneath the storied WISE Hall.
Part scary, part silly, all #StupidAccordionTricks: here's my take on the ghostly 1934 music-hall standard #WithHerHeadTuckedUnderneathHerArm
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (1934) ... played on the accordion!
I got a bigger response from my latest shrewd #StupidAccordionTricks selection than I'd expected and was a little nervous about failing to read the historical moment and following it up with a dud. Sadly, this one is proving evergreen: the Italian partisan ballad #BellaCiao.
Bella Ciao (traditional, 1953) ... played on the accordion!
For no particular reason, here's my #StupidAccordionTricks cover of #Chumbawamba's 1994 antifa anthem #TheDayTheNaziDied
