Women in Vinyl

Meet Portia Sabin, she’s a busy lady as president of the independent record label Kill Rock Stars and host of the music business podcast ‘The Future of What’. Kill Rock Stars (KRS) has a great inclusive mission to: “…put out exceptional records by important artists, and our tradition of being queer-positive, feminist, and artist-friendly…”  They are one…

Today we’re taking a look behind the curtain at an online shop that I’ve personally bought countless records from over the years, All That is Heavy.  Recently Casey and Taylor Kelch took over ownership and have been giving some new life to the store that’s  based in Texas and founded in 1997. It’s the first online…

Meet Desuana (pronounced: DUH-SHAW-NA clarifying here since her twitter does), this fun spirited and lovely woman is the East Coast Ambassador for Vinyl Me Please. Her main role is hosting ‘The Spins’, Vinyl Me, Please’s nationwide monthly listening party.  She’s based in Philly but also occasionally hosts events in New York.  Desuana loves going to…

I’d been following Diana on Instagram for awhile.  She’s not only busy working a full time job, but she also creates stunning coffee paintings, curates a YouTube channel ‘diggininthecr8‘ where she talks about records, and blogs for Vinyl of the Day. I thought she’d be a great addition to the Women in Vinyl blog because we all…

Meet Grace Krause, a project representative at Cascade Record Pressing right outside Portland, OR.  I’ve known about Cascade for some time (it is after all in one of my favorite cities) so when Grace and I connected I was happy to have her as part of the site.  Her and I also do similar things in…

I was introduced to Katy through work, and I’m so glad I was.  She is definitely a like mind and in hearing about what she enjoys outside of work I’d love the chance to spend some time talking more in depth about her interests outside of work as much as what she does day to…

I’m happy to introduce to you Brenna and Calvert of Luna Record Shop.  I lived in Nashville briefly and there are a lot of great shops there, but one day I was heading out to Franklin, TN and ended up at an artsy indoor space called ‘The Factory’ for some coffee.  While roaming around I…

Megan Louise Doyle was introduced to me by a coworker but I’d noticed her eye catching vinyl photos before then on the Italians Do It Better (IDIB) Instagram.  Also, being Italian I very much appreciate a label with a name like that. Megan Louise is president of the music label IDIB & band member of Desire. …

Sarah is a lead press operator at Gotta Groove Records, a vinyl manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Her job is to oversee production by helping a crew run and maintain each of their 7″ presses, handling the influx of various parts for each job, and delegating tasks in order to get as much done as…