Women in Vinyl

When The New York Times cites someone as “one of the coolest people in Manhattan”, but then they’re also super down to earth, and championing diversity in our industry, we knew we had to share her story. Meet Daisy O’Dell, an award-winning music producer, director, and DJ, who has performed alongside Lou Reed, Prince, Lady…

April has been a month of us championing our local record stores and today we close out the month with one more. Anyone who has that connection of a parent’s influence leading them to vinyl and a love of music will want to read this story. Meet Jena Haffner, an avid vinyl lover, collector and…

Minneapolis, the home of Prince, the Juicy Lucy, an awesome art and music scene, beautiful lakes, and the iconic record store The Electric Fetus which opened in 1968. The Electric Fetus has been a gathering place for music heads and counter-culturists in Minnesota since it began. They stock a comprehensive selection of new and used…

With Record Store Day right around the corner, we’re focusing our April features on Women Owned shops. Our first is someone we’ve been wanting to feature for some time and are excited to share her story and passion with you. Meet Marketta Rodriguez, she is a pillar of the community, both her local community, and…

As Women in Vinyl continues to grow we’re lucky to have the opportunity to meet so many amazing women all over the world sharing their work behind the turntables and yet we’ve barely scratched the surface; which we’re reminded of when we meet this week’s guest feature. We’re thrilled to introduce Los Angeles-based vinyl DJ…

It has been inspiring over the course of Women in Vinyl’s existence to learn more about the female DJ troupes and their communities and support for one another all around the world.  That passion and want to lift other’s up is how we met Marie; and all she’s doing for her community with vinyl was…

As you may have noticed we kind of like Halloween here at Women in Vinyl, and Roni fits right in with her love of horror soundtracks, which is part of what propelled her into this industry.  Meet Roni Hyde, Press Operator at Smashed Plastic Record Pressing in Chicago.  She runs two semi-automatic record presses to…

Michele is a West Coast native, whose love of vinyl has been engrained in her from a young age. Like a lot of us out there, the rebirth of vinyl allowed for a full circle moment as others began rediscovering their love for the medium, and we found our way into a career with it,…

Our goal is to highlight and empower women all over the world, and this week we have the pleasure to introduce you to our first guest feature from India.  It’s been so great to learn more about the industry there and connect with a woman blazing trails in her community. Meet Kinjal Gosar, Founder of…