Women in Music

From suitcase player to YouTube creator: Inside Reina Vinyl’s world

Reina’s vinyl journey began with a suitcase turntable and an irresistibly pretty pressing, and it’s since evolved into a vibrant Instagram presence and a YouTube channel that doubles as a personal archive of her collection and concert memories. We caught up to chat about the best place to dig in London, the friendships she’s found …

Moshi Moshi’s Rachel McWhinney on running a label and championing women in music

Rachel Moshi Moshi Music

As Moshi Moshi turns 20, Label Manager Rachel McWhinney lets us in on how they’re celebrating (there’s vinyl involved!), and shares her advice for getting into the music industry… When did you get into record collecting? Embarrassingly quite late! Not until my last year of university when I discovered some brilliant charity shop finds in …

Record Collector Magazine’s Hannah on inspiring female vinyl enthusiasts and her love for Patti Smith

Record Collector Magazine

Hannah Vettese is the sub-editor and a staff writer at Record Collector, the UK’s longest-running monthly music magazine. She is a lover of 60s girl groups, and female-fronted soul and pop records. We caught up to chat about her earliest musical discoveries, and how she’s helping Record Collector Magazine to grow its female readership. What …