ACCORDION TEACHERS:
ACCORDION REPAIR AND SUPPLIES:
Accordion Revival
http://www.accordionrevival.com
Castiglione Accordion Distribution, Inc.
http://www.castiglioneaccordion.com
Elderly Instruments
The Button Box
LIVE MUSIC VENUES, U.S.A.:
The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA
http://www.freightandsalvage.org
Club Passim, Boston, MA
Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX
Sidewalk Cafe, NY, NY
Eddie’s Attic, Atlanta, GA
The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN
The Bitter End, NY, NY
The Grey Eagle, Ashville, NC
ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS:
Americana Music Association
The New England Accordion Museum and Accordion Community
http://www.newenglandaccordionmuseum.com/community/
NETWORKING:
PUBLICATIONS:
American Songwriter Magazine
http://www.americansongwriter.com
The Nashville Scene Magazine
Roots Music Report
http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/
SONGS
100 GREATEST FOLK SONGS
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/sstory.php?storyId=105677068
OTHER:
Accordion Noir Radio:
Accordion Uprising
Austin Music Map
Hearth Music Blog
Hittsville, U.S.A., Detroit Motown Museum
ARTICLES OF INTEREST:
Conjunto is dying. An article in the Texas Observer:
https://www.texasobserver.org/get-your-norteno-out-of-my-conjunto/
A very good article about the bass section of the accordion
https://accordionlife.com/push-those-buttons/
Who Killed the Accordion? By Jerzy Wierczorek
http://digitalcommons.olin.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=ahs_capstone_2006
An Introduction to America’s Music
http://library.illinoisstate.edu/americasmusic/essays/Introduction.pdf
American Styles of Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_styles_of_music
History of the button accordion:
http://www.shlomomusic.com/buttonaccordion.htm
Bands that feature the accordion:
https://accordionamericana.com/2013/07/15/list-of-bands-that-feature-the-accordion/
A history of Blues Accordion:
https://accordionamericana.com/2013/09/02/a-history-of-blues-accordion/
New York Times article about the demise of acoustic instruments:
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/07/arts/electronics-is-challenging-traditions-of-music.html
Americana Tour
GLOSSARY OF TERMS:
Glossary of Country Music
http://www.country.dj/music_terms.html
Glossary of Blues Terms
https://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/glossary.html