Fiona Grey

I started Valley Doll Festival as a one off idea to finally bring music to the valley in Los Angeles. My concept was simple - 12 hours of music, 10 of the top local bands in LA in the comfort of a backyard. I didn’t dream up the community it happened naturally. It was a hit. I didn’t plan people would connect to it so much - it just happened! I was floored by the amount of people who came, stayed all day and the excitement of music discovery.

The cops weren’t as crazy about it. Neighbors called it Studio City’s Coachella and when we had to quiet down I had to figure out what was next with Valley Doll Festival.

I realized that we could continue music discovery, continue to support artists outside my backyard. Welcome to Valley Doll Magazine.

Meet the contributors

Politics & Art Contributor TRISHES is a project by Trinidadian American Trish Hosein, created to express Freud’s constructs of self (the primal, conscious and spiritual) through spoken word, live looping and vocal effects. Her original songwriting, fleshed out by hip-hop beats and pop hooks, examines human struggle through an anthropological lens. Hosein is also a visual artist, writer and activist. She has written for Talkhouse, Brown Girl Magazine, The Music Business Journal and Valley Doll Magazine.