Paola Puente
If Paola Puente’s records, portable turntables, vintage toys and ephemera were housed in a museum, it would be enough to make The Smithsonian envious. The fact that one individua
John Armstrong
Listening to John Armstrong’s stories in his room with open cupboards full of vinyl records and books, I found to be very inspiring. Mahogany-colored shelves stretched from wall
Carter Van Pelt
Carter Van Pelt had an inauspicious beginning for a reggae DJ, event producer, and historian. Born and raised in Nebraska, Van Pelt grew up surrounded by the sounds of John Denver,
Adam Mansbach
A transplant to the Bay Area in the mid-2000s, Adam Mansbach got his early musical education as a kid in the Boston area, obsessed with hip-hop. Like many of us caught up in hip-ho
Michael Kurtz
Now firmly established as an important part of the music retail ecosystem, Record Store Day was launched in 2008 as a celebration of the independent record store, as well as a mean
Pierpaolo De Sanctis
There are reissue labels and there are archive labels. Somewhere in between, in a league of their own, lies Rome’s Four Flies Records. Specializing in lost Italian soundtracks an
Avidan Weiss
Working in a record store feels like being a part of a secret society. Once you spend enough time behind the counter and serve enough weirdos, you’re in. Avidan and I have been p
Alex Figueira
Like many subjects in the Dust & Grooves universe, Alex Figueira is also linked to Joel Stones, the Brazilian New York transplant who famously helmed the East Village record mecca
Coco Maria
Coco Maria, real name Ana Lucia, was born and raised in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, and got her start DJing “in sweaty basements” in London and Berlin in 2014. Two years later,
Grace of Spades
Grace of Spades is unmissable: She has a shock of short, platinum hair, extremities covered in tattoos, and the confident, comfortable attitude of a native New Yorker in that takes
Kevin Lewandowski
A friend of mine recently referred to Discogs.com–the user-generated online discography (and marketplace) for records, CDs, tapes and all forms of musical media–as a national,
John Devore
One of John DeVore’s earliest memories finds him lying under his mother’s piano while she played Bach. “When you're underneath you hear some of the sort of creeks, and you
Melissa Dueñas
Melissa Dueñas made her first mixtape in elementary school, staying up late to record her favorite songs on a San Diego “Oldies” station. When she played the tape on a Walkman
Alex Paterson
Captain’s Log,Star date: 05/10/2022These are the voyages of the starship Dust & Grooves.Our mission: to seek out strange new worlds of speech and sound with Alex Paterson of
Andre Torres
For crate diggers and record collectors of the early 21st century, no magazine was more important and influential than Wax Poetics. Dedicated to covering a wide swath of groove-ori
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 atten
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
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 origi
Shira Medina
We're meeting Shira, 35, at her apartment in Rehovot, where she had moved with her partner almost a year ago: record shelves are sharing the room with instruments and sound gear, a
Christine Renee
It’s hard to miss Christine Renee when scanning a crowd—she exudes a certain level of effortless cool that comes from having lived many lives.
Morgan Jesse Lappin
It somehow seemed perfectly normal that Sol, the ghost of an elderly Jewish New Yorker trapped inside a muppet, would join our interview with Morgan Jesse Lappin.
