Women in Vinyl

Meet Nehal Shah, she owns and runs India Record Co. India’s first woman run independent record store! India Record Co. is a one stop shop for all things vinyl. Their goal is to create a deeper connection to music for all. With a wide variety of records across genres from classic rock and prog rock…

Laura Pochodylo and Adrienne Kelley are Part 2 in our Women of Sun Records posts, and they are responsible for the revitalized feel of the legendary Sun Records as Marketing & Social Media Managers. Want to know more about Sun’s beginnings, see our last post here. Laura is the Marketing Manager for Sun Records in…

Meet Andrea Belair the co-owner of Belltower Records in North Adams, Massachusetts.  Belltower opened nearly five years ago in October 2018 and sells new and used vinyl, CDs, tapes, audio equipment and other musical merchandise. They acquired the holdings of Toonerville Trolley of Williamstown, Massachusetts from Hal March, who had Toonerville for over 40 years. …

Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin, Germany is where Sidney Claire Meyer cuts mostly classical and jazz and embraces her love of all analog projects. The origins of the studio date back to the early days of recording technology when Emil Berliner invented the gramophone and the gramophone record and they are one of the most…

Eileen Tilson joined John Prine’s legendary record label Oh Boy Records in 2015. Independent from the beginning, Oh Boy is Nashville’s oldest artist-owned indie label founded in 1981 by singer John Prine, his manager Al Bunetta, and their friend Dan Einstein. In 2018 the label released Prine’s The Tree of Forgiveness, his first collection of…

Melissa Chambers & Emmie Chambers actually have no relation to each other, but not only have the same last name, they are also both in production for subsidiaries of the legendary Sun Records.  We were approached by the team to share a few different divisons at Sun as so many women are leading the way…

Actress, comedian, writer and DJ, a woman that does it all, meet Nina Tarr.  Nina has been an all vinyl DJ for 14 years.  She started her career in LA then moved to NYC a few years ago and is out and about spinning where possible.  Nina is a the music curator and all vinyl…

Meet Jeri Yingling the owner and creator of Loud Pizza Records in Chicago’s Northern Suburbs of downtown Highland Park, Illinois. What is Loud Pizza Records?  Their website says it best. Remember when we were teenagers full of rebellion? Staying up late to watch Svengoolie at night? Skateboarding with our friends? Blaring the music while slamming our…

As the daughter of a songwriter and a Jazz singer and niece to musicians who played with Frank Sinatra & Louis Prima, Raquel is an avid music lover and DJ. Growing up in New York City, she immersed herself in the best of pop culture. Her vinyl collection started at the age of 8 when…