220 IWD 2023
Our contribution to International Women’s Day, and fortunately this time we were able to have Root Beer host it, as we do whenever possible.
Some old favourites, and some new tracks too, all performed by women, in most cases written by women and about women.
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Whatever Lola Wants | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella In Japan: ‘S Wonderful (1964) | 2011 |
| You’re So Vain | Carly Simon | No Secrets | 1972 |
| The Funky Flunky | Barbara Thompson | Barbara Thompson’s Jubiaba | 1978 |
| So Far Away | Carole KingTitle | Tapestry | 1971 |
| Angie Baby | Helen Reddy | Free and Easy | 1974 |
| Behind the Wall | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 1988 |
| Both Sides, Now | Joni Mitchell | Clouds | 1969 |
| Coyote | Joni Mitchell | Shadows and Light | 1980 |
| Water With The Wine | Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | 1976 |
| Black Horse And The Cherry Tree | K.T. Tunstall | live performance, Later | 2004 |
| The Fiddle And The Drum | June Tabor | Abyssinians | 1983 |
| From a Distance | Nanci Griffith | One Fair Summer Evening | 1988 |
| In The Country Way | Laura Nyro | New York Tendaberry | 1969 |
| Woman’s World | Cher | Woman’s World – Single | 2012 |
| Ready For The Good Life | Paloma Faith | Jools Hootenanny 2014 | 2014 |
| King | Florence + the Machine | Dance Fever | 2022 |
| Respect | Aretha Franklin | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | 1967 |
| Sisters Are Doin It for Themselves | Eurythmics + Aretha Franklin | Be Yourself Tonight [2018 remastered] | 2018 |
| Shaking The Tree | Peter Gabriel/Paula Cole | Secret World Live | 1994 |
| I Am Woman | Helen Reddy | I Don’t Know How To Love Him | 1971 |