Women in Vinyl

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.

Meet Parker Hernandez, a Houston based multidisciplinary artist, art teacher and co-owner of Gneiss Sounds. Gneiss opened in June of 2023, and is co-owned by Parker and her partner. A month after opening the shop, they started a record label under the name Rite Field Records.

An exciting introduction coming to you this week, on a pressing plant which recently opened 'down under' in Brisbane Australia, and the co-owner is a woman, how awesome is that?

Someone we've wanted to introduce you to for awhile now, who is really making waves in the industry is Head Mastering Engineer at , Bobbi Giel in Nashville, TN. Welcome to 1979 is a multi-faceted, analog-centric studio that provides both digital and vinyl mastering services with the latter being what Bobbi is most known for.

We are starting off the year with Chicago-based vinyl DJ, sonic storyteller, and creative healer aka DJ Ricki Free. Her love for vintage music (and vintage everything) runs deep.

For our last feature in 2023 we’re thrilled to be able to introduce you to some of the team at Culture Clash Records a Toledo, Ohio iconic institution now in the hands of Lizzie Friedman and her partner Tim, who are set to keep it a record buyer destination for many years to come, with…

For any of you out there craving the beach in winter, we’ve stayed in Florida this week, with a feature on Beachside Retro & Records‘s owner Josette Tornabene.  Josette loves collecting cool stuff, and says “…it sometimes it borders on hoarding“. But she enjoys music and being around people. With a passion for sharing cool…

We love seeing more women at the helm of pressing plants. This week we met Farah the owner of Violet Vinyl a small record pressing plant specializing in artistic color pressing and low minimums out of Daytona Beach, Florida.  Violet Vinyl was created to make it easier for musicians and indie labels to create, record…