Resources

ACCORDION TEACHERS:

http://www.accordions.com/naa

ACCORDION REPAIR AND SUPPLIES:

   Accordion Revival

http://www.accordionrevival.com

  Castiglione Accordion Distribution, Inc. 

http://www.castiglioneaccordion.com

  Elderly Instruments

http://www.elderly.com

  The Button Box

http://www.buttonbox.com

LIVE MUSIC VENUES, U.S.A.:

  The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI

http://www.theark.org

  Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA

http://www.freightandsalvage.org

  Club Passim, Boston, MA

http://www.clubpassim.org

  Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX

http://www.cactuscafe.org

  Sidewalk Cafe, NY, NY

http://www.antifolk.net

  Eddie’s Attic, Atlanta, GA

http://www.eddiesattic.com

  The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN

http://www.bluebirdcafe.com

  The Bitter End, NY, NY

http://www.bitterend.com

  The Grey Eagle, Ashville, NC

http://www.thegreyeagle.com

ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS:

  Americana Music Association

http://americanamusic.org

  The New England Accordion Museum and Accordion Community

http://www.newenglandaccordionmuseum.com/community/

NETWORKING:

    http://www.meetup.com

PUBLICATIONS:

  American Songwriter Magazine

http://www.americansongwriter.com

  The Nashville Scene Magazine

http://www.nashvillescene.com

  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:

http://www.accordionnoir.org

  Accordion Uprising

http://accordionuprising.org

  Austin Music Map

http://www.austinmusicmap.com

  Hearth Music Blog

http://www.hearthmusic.com

  Hittsville, U.S.A., Detroit Motown Museum

http://motownmuseum.org

ARTICLES OF INTEREST:

  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

http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/neworleansnews/12299915-171/americana-music-triangle-tour-offers

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

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