Women in Vinyl

As the daughter of a songwriter and a Jazz singer and niece to musicians who played with Frank Sinatra & Louis Prima, Raquel is an avid music lover and DJ. Growing up in New York City, she immersed herself in the best of pop culture. Her vinyl collection started at the age of 8 when…

Sometimes people’s hobbies help them find their way into the vinyl industry and sometimes the reverse happens! Meet Chayla Hope who did just that, she was a press operator at Gotta Groove Records, until she decided to follow her music dreams and is now a pop artist, and songwriter. If you’ve listened to the May…

One of the most recommended people we’ve received requests to feature is the sweet Jawa Jones, and for good reason, so we’re thrilled to finally have made it happen.  Jawa is a London-based vinyl DJ, radio host, and founder of ‘Wanita Music’.  Wanita, meaning ‘woman’ in Indonesian, is a platform dedicated to spotlighting female vinyl…

Meet Beth Curtis, the Owner / Operator of Atomic Genius Records & More, a small independent brick and mortar store located in downtown Puyallup, Washington.  They focus on selling new and used vinyl records, music themed gifts, original art prints, and t-shirts. Beth has a professional background in sales and product management for the Aviation…

Meet Debbie Benjamin-Koller, a Chicago Rare Soul DJ and the cofounder of All Mod Chicago, the place to find Mod subculture events in Chicago. Be it Northern Soul, R&B, 60’s, 70’s,80’s Mod, Powerpop, Psychedelic, all waves of ska and reggae or any subculture of music, clothing, scooters or events, All Mod Chicago is the resource…

One of the areas that is rarely talked about, but is almost always mentioned as a reason we all love records is the packaging!  So this week we are thrilled to get to introduce you to someone who is a pillar of our vinyl community in the print arena, and wouldn’t you know it, a…

When we set out to create role models for the next generation, and to show young people those like them are leading the way in this industry, it’s exciting when one of those people says, “Yeah, you know, I’m ready to do this now”.  That is the case with Jaica Tipper, maybe our youngest features…

When The New York Times cites someone as “one of the coolest people in Manhattan”, but then they’re also super down to earth, and championing diversity in our industry, we knew we had to share her story. Meet Daisy O’Dell, an award-winning music producer, director, and DJ, who has performed alongside Lou Reed, Prince, Lady…

April has been a month of us championing our local record stores and today we close out the month with one more. Anyone who has that connection of a parent’s influence leading them to vinyl and a love of music will want to read this story. Meet Jena Haffner, an avid vinyl lover, collector and…