Rowan Lipkovits

from Vancouver BC
Age: 43 (estimated)
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Rowan Lipkovits

InstrumentLevel
Accordion Semi-Pro
Piano/Keyboards Intermediate Amateur
Vocals Semi-Pro
Rowan Lipkovits is a performer based out of his hometown of Vancouver, Canada. Emerging from the late ’90s as a performance poet and composer of tracked .MODule music, he switched gears dramatically, putting his 15 years of piano lessons to strange new use when he followed the lead of Geoff Berner and picked up an accordion. A year later he realised he’d been trying to self-teach himself squeezebox upside-down, and things gathered momentum rapidly following a central tenet: since the standard repertoire had failed to thrill over the last several decades, he would instead perform renditions of modern songs that people were least likely to expect on the old-timey instrument — a kind of gimmick or trick to play on crowds based on overturning their expectations.

Adopting the credo of the cover performer (“you be original, I’ll be entertaining”), as his keyboard and vocal skills developed he found himself dramatically reinterpreting pop hits and casting them in a new light. Indulging a consular drive to be recognized as an ambassador of the misunderstood instrument, he became a media personality in December 2006 as part of the weekly Accordion Noir radio show / podcast.
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Past Events

10
Apr
2015
10:30 14:00
Gypsy Spring: Adham Shaikh, The Creaking Planks, burinato duo
Welcome to the Spring edition of Balkan Beats Gypsy vibe party in Vancouver! ...
$15
The Waldorf
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16
Jan
2015
20:00 01:00
The Creaking Planks, Travis, Al Mader, Ehren Salazar, Der Royshiker Krokves
The jug band of the damned celebrate the improbable 10th anniversary of their fi...
$10
The Emerald
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13
Sep
2014
20:00
Squeezebox Rendezvous: The Plodes, Wintermitts, Ol Crocodile, The Creaking Plank...
A stellar lineup of international and national accordion artists features Socall...
$12.50-$15
The Russian Hall
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28
Mar
2014
19:00
MY DEAREST FRIENDS, Milk Pipes, The Creaking Planks, Jimy Now
. Friday, March 28th IMU presents MY DEAREST FRIENDS, The MILK PIPES, The CREAKI...
$10
Railway Club
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30
Nov
2013
20:00 22:00
Eryn Holbrook, Adriane Lake, Brooke Abbey, Rowan Lipkovits
In celebration of 20 years of TABNet.
$5
Heartwood Community Cafe
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25
Oct
2013
21:00 14:00
The Creaking Planks, DJ Sideshow, TIM SARS BAND, Megatron, Sound Architecture, D...
You are cordially invited to Spookeasy HallowSwing Cabaret party on Friday Oct 2...
$15
The Waldorf
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12
Sep
2013
20:30 23:00
Accordion Noir Festival - Accordéon Café: Steve Normandin, David P. Smith, The...
 
$10
The Russian Hall
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13
Apr
2013
20:00 02:00
The Electro Vaudeville Festival - Day 2: Alice Francis, Good Co, Hungry Opera Ma...
Come jive to the vintage tunes and fresh modern beats of electro swing, jazz and...
$38
Grandview Legion Hall
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12
Apr
2013
20:00 02:00
Electro Vaudeville Festival Apr 12&13: Alice Francis, Hard Times Hit Parade, Swi...
Welcome to the Electro Vaudeville Fest! An international festival of live music ...
$29
Grandview Legion Hall
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24
Jan
2013
21:00 19:00
The Creaking Planks, Myrtle Family Band, legion of flying monkeys horn orchestra
For eight years now the jug band of the damned has been celebrated for its consu...
$8
Railway Club
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27
Sep
2012
20:30 14:00
Thursday Night Crisis: The Creaking Planks, The Fang, The End Tree
 
$8
Railway Club
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01
Mar
2012
20:00 22:00
Cancelled - The Underscore Orkestra, The Creaking Planks
Thursday, March 1st, 8-10 pm Accordion Noir presents The Underscore Orkestra (...
Little Mountain Gallery
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18
Jan
2012
20:30
Late show: Accordian Noir presents: The Creaking Planks, Ana Bon Bon, raghu loka...
Late show: Accordian Noir presents Creaking Planks, Ana Bon-Bon, and Raghu Lokan...
$6-$8
Railway Club
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30
Nov
2011
20:30 14:00
Memewar presents:: The Creaking Planks, Jen Miller, The Fictionals
Late show: Memewar presents: The Creaking Planks, Jen Miller, and The Fictionals...
$10
Railway Club
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25
Sep
2011
21:00
CLOSING PARTY: The Creaking Planks, Duckmandu
 
$10
Cafe deux Soleils
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14
Jun
2011
20:00
The F Holes , The Creaking Planks
The Creaking Planks strap on forgotten and dismissed instruments of simpler time...
$7
Railway Club
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22
May
2011
The Creaking Planks, Holzkopf, The Boogieman, Hitori Tori
 
The Red Gate
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29
Apr
2011
21:00 02:00
A Gypsy Circus: Mezamazing, Whiskeydicks, The Knackers, The Creaking Planks
 
$10
Backstage Lounge
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24
Apr
2011
20:30 00:00
JASON WEBLEY, maria in the shower, The Creaking Planks
 
$12-$15
Commercial Drive/Grandview Legion Hall
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08
Apr
2011
19:00 01:00
The Bootlegger's Ball!: The Creaking Planks, The Vaudevillians, Lola Frost, Darl...
The Vancouver Police Museum presents: The Bootleggers Ball A Prohibition-the...
$40
The Biltmore Cabaret
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Current Projects

The Creaking Planks
accordion, vocals
2005 - present

Past Projects

Joey Only Outlaw Band
accordion
2006 - The End

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