Women in Vinyl

With Record Store Day right around the corner, we’re focusing our April features on Women Owned shops. Our first is someone we’ve been wanting to feature for some time and are excited to share her story and passion with you. Meet Marketta Rodriguez, she is a pillar of the community, both her local community, and…

As Women in Vinyl continues to grow we’re lucky to have the opportunity to meet so many amazing women all over the world sharing their work behind the turntables and yet we’ve barely scratched the surface; which we’re reminded of when we meet this week’s guest feature. We’re thrilled to introduce Los Angeles-based vinyl DJ…

It has been inspiring over the course of Women in Vinyl’s existence to learn more about the female DJ troupes and their communities and support for one another all around the world.  That passion and want to lift other’s up is how we met Marie; and all she’s doing for her community with vinyl was…

As you may have noticed we kind of like Halloween here at Women in Vinyl, and Roni fits right in with her love of horror soundtracks, which is part of what propelled her into this industry.  Meet Roni Hyde, Press Operator at Smashed Plastic Record Pressing in Chicago.  She runs two semi-automatic record presses to…

Michele is a West Coast native, whose love of vinyl has been engrained in her from a young age. Like a lot of us out there, the rebirth of vinyl allowed for a full circle moment as others began rediscovering their love for the medium, and we found our way into a career with it,…

Our goal is to highlight and empower women all over the world, and this week we have the pleasure to introduce you to our first guest feature from India.  It’s been so great to learn more about the industry there and connect with a woman blazing trails in her community. Meet Kinjal Gosar, Founder of…

We know how all of us crate diggers need one of those record stores we can spend hours… or a whole day in.  If you’re in Evansville, Indiana Space Monkey Records is that place for you.  Space Monkey houses over 200,000+ new and used records, CDs and more, as well as one of the largest…

Lover of music, her community and with a bunch of fun stories in her arsenal, we introduce you to Lacie Lindstaedt.  Lacie owns and manages The Pour House Record Shop in Raleigh, NC.  Record shop by day and live music venue by night it is Raleigh’s home for all things music. Originally from the Midwest…

With a decade in the game and a lifetime of musical knowledge, we are happy to introduce you to Toronto based, DJ Waves, a resident DJ for Live Nation’s Budweiser Stage since 2014, where she provides pre + post show dance parties for summer concerts as well as part of the roster for VIP Nation,…