Women in Vinyl

Today we get to introduce you to one of those rad, down to earth women that does it all and makes it seem effortless.  From running a lathe cut business, to working in record stores, managing and working with indie labels, DJing and playing drums in a band.  Meet Oihane Follones, born in Basque Country,…

One of the most important but overlooked parts of the vinyl process might be print; it’s the way to market, sell, explain, credit, and protect your record.  In this post we have the pleasure of introducing you to Deb Sonzo the New Business Acquisitions and Accounts Manager for a large format digital printing company in…

It’s really something special when you meet people that understand how important the value of sharing music and vinyl is to a community. Today we are sharing a story of just that.  When the end of an era came, it was time for a new one to begin.  Meet Tanner Musgrove the Co-owner of the…

You can feel it in the air, just that slightest change; fall is here, and with that comes things like changing leaves, spooky decorating, sweaters, and Oktoberfest! A common association with Oktoberfest besides beer might be the polka music, to which we introduce to you Stacy Harbaugh, or DJ Shotski, vinyl DJ, radio host on…

This week we’re happy to take you down under with our first Kiwi on Women in Vinyl, Miss Dom a vinyl and radio DJ on 95bFM in New Zealand. All in all Dom loves playing records, and as a multi-genre ‘selector’ you can find her playing vinyl at bars, restaurants, parties, art galleries, vinyl fairs,…

Almost a full month of women owned record store features, and we’re loving it! Today we introduce you to Candace Hall the the proprietor of Bitterroot Records in Livingston, Montana.  It’s so great seeing women paving the way in their towns across the world to create a space for their music loving community, and Candace…

We love meeting shop owners through the community and also through discovery of our organization, it continues to show how how important it is to share these stores. Heather Hahn is owner of Lantern Records, the only women owned record shop in Washington State who reached out to let us know about what she’s doing,…

Women owned and operated, safe space, record store… check, check, and check. We were thrilled to learn of a new shop checking all those boxes from Erica Rosa who reached out about Bird City Records in LaPlata, Maryland.  Bird City opened this past April and is owned by Shannon Wang and Mona Wise. Erica is…

We’re pleased to introduce you this week to Lena Graaf, who comes recommended by a few readers and is a badass all around, but in particular in the Swedish heavy music scene.  Lena runs a small record label, and distribution company focused on hard rock and metal, called GMR Music Group. GMR has over the…