Caroline Cardenas
Whatever shell Caroline Cardenas once had is long gone. The Miami DJ and collector has such an infectious passion that it’s hard to believe she is a stranger to anyone; her attention and energy have a radiant warmth that is easy to bask in. Raised by immigrant parents from Cuba and Honduras, her childhood was marked by Cuban poetry and Latin music, culminating in a love of music and the arts that has lasted well into the present. Her appreciation for vinyl especially came into focus once s
Me to You: Gilles Peterson
We’re kicking off with some truly funky stuff. Back in 2013, Gilles Peterson was interviewed for Dust & Grooves Volume 1 by the great Dom Servini, in the basement of Brownswood Recordings. They covered great ground, from Peterson’s French-Swiss upbringing, to the first record that opened the floodgates for introducing jazz to the dancefloor. In his youth, Peterson started with jazz, and started making the switch to funk. This was, in part, due to the introduction of an English school unif
Cole Evelev
Whether DJing, hosting parties, or working on set as a director and cinematographer for Conde Nast, Cole Evelev is motivated by a compulsion shared by every true digger: the drive to discover something new, something better.
Editorial Notes | August 2024
Welcome back to the hot summer we are having here at Dust & Grooves. The heat is only ramping up this August, and here’s why.
Kristine Barilli
Kristine Barilli is a born and bred New Yorker with a masterfully keen ability to translate her listening habits into rhapsodic DJ sets. Her work as a music supervisor yields original and authentic results while preserving an insouciant edge.
Eduardo Gregori – Leave No Crate Untouched
When most interviewees for Dust & Grooves are chosen, they come highly recommended via word of mouth from the ever-expanding vinyl community—a friend of a friend of a friend. Eduardo Gregori’s connection with us came through a stroke of luck and being in the right place at the right time, when Dust & Grooves founder […]
Editorial Notes | July 2024
Do not disturb sign on. Seriously on. Greetings from the Dust & Grooves HQ. We were in full marathon mode in the past three months, powering through the various editorial stages of our Dust & Grooves Volume 2 and Portables books.
Announcing Dust & Grooves Vol 2 and Portables books
Dust & Grooves and Record Store Day are thrilled to announce the much anticipated book Dust & Grooves Vol.2: Further Adventures In Record Collecting as the Official Book of Record Store Day 2024 and reveal its cover and title.
Editorial Notes | February 2024
Greetings from the Dust & Grooves HQ, be it in our humble space in Brooklyn or in a car, on the road, running around picking up the last bits of photography and interviews for Volume 2. It’s been a busy month for sure and it’s going to get busier. Lot’s of logistics, text and photo editing, all in favor of having Volume 2 book ready for print in April and launch it in October 2024.
Editorial Notes | January 2024
Greetings from the Dust & Grooves HQ. The holiday season is over, and the world is again divided! Those still slumbering, gaining winter fat while tuning in to Kenny G, and those with ants in their pants, high on producing and filled with exciting possibilities. Here, for lack of time and a hard deadline kicking […]