This week, we’re catching up with Moomba, who’s just touched down after a summer spent spinning records across Europe and North Africa, from intimate Hi-Fi and listening bars in Athens, Greece to a full crowd at the Gnaoua & World Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco. Moomba is also the founder and curator of CoolNiceSessions, a project where …
Long before vinyl walls were trending on TikTok, Lyndsay Archer was curating her own, as an 11-year-old kid in Detroit carefully pinning records to her bedroom wall. Today, Lyndsay is not only a doctor in her first year of pediatric residency but also a children’s book author, illustrator, non-profit founder, and community advocate, and through …
Meet Flávia, who’s been sharing her collection on Instagram under the moniker @avinyladay25 since January. What started as a way to keep track of her record collection has become daily ritual: spinning one album a day, documenting the experience, and connecting with fellow vinyl lovers online. From morning coffee soundtracked by a favourite LP to …
Meet DJ and vinyl collector Miss Trish, who channels her passion for 1960s counterculture, ear for obscure psych rock, and mission to preserve history through music into The Hippie Hour, a weekly radio show dedicated to groovy sounds and untold stories. We sat down with her to talk vinyl, music history, and the joy of …
At its heart, Vinylettes is about celebrating the women who are shaping and redefining vinyl culture, so I couldn’t wait to sit down with Gabriella Solimine, founder of Her Vinyl, a growing Discord community created exclusively for female record collectors. What started as Gabriella’s personal mission to find connection in a hobby that often feels male-dominated …
Meet Zoe, a record collector whose journey, though it began only recently, has fast become a passion. Whether she’s chasing rare Paul McCartney pressings or sharing her collection on Instagram, Zoe has embraced every part of the vinyl experience: the hunt, the art, the music, and the community. How did you get into record collecting?I …
DJ Nico Marie has been shaping her sound for over a decade. With 13 years behind the decks, her style draws on her love for R&B, soul, and jazz. Beyond music, Nico is also a yoga instructor and wellness influencer, merging creativity with mindfulness under her platform @YogaWithNico. In our conversation, Nico shares her journey …
This week, we’re catching up with Skylar Moody, content creator and passionate Beatles fan, to talk about how her love of the Fab Four set her on a path toward journalism, fandom, and record collecting. In our chat, Skylar shares the story of her most prized Beatles find, the other artists filling out her shelves …
When Celine Song and A24’s summer rom-com Materialists needed a vinyl release that felt as layered, playful, and bittersweet as the film itself, Providence-based graphic designer Elizabeth Goodspeed stepped up to the turntable. With a love for blending historical research with tactile, hands-on craft, Elizabeth approached her first-ever vinyl project with the same cinematic sensibility as …
As host of the Vinyl Monday YouTube series, Abigail Devoe spins weekly deep dives into classic records with a mix of musicology, storytelling, and fandom-fueled curiosity. She’s also half of the duo behind Unveiling the Legends: Dolls of the 60s and 70s, a podcast reclaiming the stories of rock-and-roll’s overlooked women. We talked about her first crate-digging …