Women in Vinyl

This week I’m excited to introduce you to Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy a musical curator and educator who founded the international listening event and classic album platform Classic Album Sundays.  I was lucky to meet Colleen when we were on a vinyl panel at Warner Music last year and I immediately knew I wanted to have…

This week meet Christie Coyle an account rep with Redeye, an independent physical and digital distributor representing over 250 label partners.  Christie is based in Seattle, and works with roughly 300 independent record stores, online retailers, one-stops, and other non-traditional accounts from Washington State through Texas, as well as covering the western half of Canada.…

I’m always so thankful for recommendations and this week thanks to one of those I get to introduce you to Heather Frarey owner of The Record Lounge in Lansing, Michigan for the past 11 years. I’m the only female sole owner of a record shop in Michigan and I love what I do. I cant…

Jenny is the founder/president of XRAY.fm and co-founder of XRAY Records with Maryam Trocelliti where together they manage the label with the tag highlighting PNW artists with the tag ‘Distinct sounds of the Pacific Northwest’, she is also a musician who loves to go to shows and hang out with her dog Wendy when she’s…

Shelly Westerhausen is the head of North American physical marketing and sales at Secretly Distribution. Her role is to oversee a small team of marketing and sales reps that handle selling and marketing of all Secretly’s records to indie stores, big box chains, and online retailers in North America. They currently work with over 40…

Meet Magdalena of Hi-Tide Recordings, an international record label based in Asbury Park New Jersey specializing in surf, instrumental, Hawaiian music and more.  Her and her husband Vincent run the label together and produce the annual Hi-Tide Summer Holiday (formerly Asbury Park Surf Music Festival).  They also play records as a duo under the name…

Meet Danielle, co-owner of Neat Neat Neat Records & Music a record store, event venue, bar and record label in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  The store carries new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes and hifi gear to meet the needs of the new and seasoned audiophile alike, while the label and event venue seek to promote…

Today I get to introduce you to Gail George, formerly of Universal Music Group and Abkco Records.  I met Gail through work and immediately we hit it off, she is one of those people that after we got to talking I knew I not only wanted to interview but was a genuine woman that I…

Meet Ashely co owner of Vertical House Records a shop in Huntsville, AL. While I have spent some time in Alabama, I actually met Ashely through the blog and am happy to be able to give you a glimpse behind the scenes there. Ashley is also a wedding photographer (you can find her work here White…