Women in Vinyl

Alysha Kester-Terry, the co-founder and co-owner of , Utah’s first co-op record store! With 15 local DJ and record collector vendors, the co-op sells vinyl records, cassettes, apparel, synthesizers, accessories and more. FOUNTAIN's main focus is on their community, holding weekly events including listening sessions, open jazz jams, art shows, live DJs and more.

Today we have the pleasure of chatting with the Sr. Manager of Catalog Marketing at a record label you may have heard of before, none other than BMG. Meet Cristina Esteban who has been in catalog work for 5 years, mainly working with rock and metal bands such as Mötley Crüe, HIM, Black Sabbath and Motörhead.

This week, we are peeking behind the curtain of Detroit's yellow vinyl beacon, with Brie-Anne Andrews, the Pressing and Operations Lead. We've hoped to interview and share the hard work Third Man has been doing for the community for awhile now, and love to hear of their effortlessly diverse staff, and community focus.

We have yet to have someone as immersed in the Jungle scene as Leah Houser, known as DJ Vibrant Junglist. She is keeping it alive by not only DJing but also producing, writing new music, running a label and pressing it to vinyl, with future hopes to cut direct to disc with a lathe as well.

Vinyl DJ, event organizer and multi-disciplinary artist, we have the pleasure to introduce you to Berlin based Kat Richter, or DJ Kat Kat Tat. Kat fuses several elements from music to fine art into various artistic formats creating a playful, free-spirited quirky approach.

Today we're taking you to Southern California and through the doors of the World Famous V.I.P. Records with Tenisha Anderson Laux, the Chief Operating Officer.  World famous VIP Records has been serving their community for over 40 years, specializing in R&B, Jazz, Gospel, Hip-Hop, and Blues.

Meet Saidah Blount, New York City based marketing and cultural strategist. She has recently been appointed as the Executive Director of !, NYC's longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals.

An award winning cultural producer, activist, DJ, musician and writer, meet Chardine Taylor Stone. She has been featured in and has won numerous awards from The Voice newspaper's 'Women Who Rocked the World' in 2015, to Buzzfeed’s ‘The Most Inspiring British LGBT People Of 2016‘ and more.

This week we are pleased to introduce you to someone who was destined to be a part of the vinyl community, and like her site says, whether intentional or not, she has always incorporated music into her work.  Meet the owner of record store, and vinyl DJ, Victoria Donaldson aka DJ , based in St. Louis.