Women in Vinyl

Azahar Sánchez is a Production Assistant at RPM Records in Denmark, where she contributes to the hands-on process of bringing music to vinyl. Her role highlights the important QC, and finishing process bringing records from the pressing plant to your shelves and record stores.

Zoe, aka Night Nurse, is a Greece-based vinyl DJ and collector specializing in 45s, Garage, Psych, Greek Beat, and female-fronted sounds from the ’60s and ’70s, and the creator of Her Turntable Tales, a project celebrating women in vinyl through music, and storytelling.

Tammy Brown is a marketing and design professional, and Founder of Vinyl Pursuit, a Kelowna, British Columbia-based online record store connecting collectors around the world with carefully graded, restored, new and vintage vinyl.

Alexandria Sade is a Brooklyn-based archivist, music industry professional, vinyl collector, and Founder of Black Girls Love Vinyl, a platform and archive dedicated to preserving Black women’s relationship to vinyl, recorded sound, music history, and storytelling.

Jenn Salvadori runs The Glass House Concert Hall in Pomona, California, and helps bring Record Safari LA’s vinyl digging experience to music fans through Coachella Record Safari and other festival pop-ups. Learn how Jenn found her path into the vinyl industry, Record Safari LA, and what goes into bringing a record store to the festival crowd.

Stacy has spent the past 15 years at Grooveyard Records in Penticton, British Columbia, where she now serves as store manager. Whether she's helping customers discover their next favorite record or publishing IN THE GROOVE, a fanzine celebrating vinyl culture and the people who make it special, Stacy is passionate about fostering connections through music.

Sherry Younge is the owner of The Artform Studio in Los Angeles. A hairstylist and vinyl DJ, she's spent the last 20 years bringing together her passions for hair and records, creating a one-of-a-kind space where clients enjoy great music while discovering a curated selection of jazz, world, soul, hip hop, electronic, and progressive rock vinyl. Now celebrating its 20th year, The Artform Studio is home to nine hairstylists, several of whom are also part of the Artform vinyl DJ collective.

Jen Philpot is the VP of Commerce and Social Media for Deer Park Distributors, working across sales operations, jukeboxes, and marketing. In her role, she plays a key part in connecting products to the people and spaces that use them - bridging the gap between retail, distribution, and the evolving ways audiences engage with physical music formats.

Vicki Scott is the owner of Verbena Vinyl, a small independent record store rooted in the local music community. As a shop owner, she brings a hands-on, personal approach to curating the space—creating an environment of discovery, conversation, and connection.