Women In Music: It’s Brutal Out HereTwo former Music Business students from Edinburgh College, Gillian Morrison and Ashley Stein, are bringing a new one day conference for women and gender minorities to Edinburgh on 6th April “There were very, very few other women in my class,” says… Apr 01 23April 01, 2023Article at cazzblase.blogspot.com
Women around the world at work: introducing She’s A PunkSiobhan Woodrow started her podcast, She’s A Punk, to give a platform to contemporary punk women’s voices. “We’re building a community” she tells Cazz Blase “I wanted to talk about everyday punk rock women” says Siobhan Woodrow, host of the podcast… May 03 19May 03, 2019Article at The F-Word
Has The Local Veg Box Scheme Found It’s Moment In Brexit?First it was foraging, then it was food banks and concerns over food waste. Now, in an age of food stockpiling and Brexit, has the local veg box found it’s moment? In the UK there has been an increase in popularity in foraging, particularly since the… Mar 22 19March 22, 2019Article at Good news stories, inspirational content, and stories that matter
Amanda Palmer interview: Talks about new album, ‘There will be no intermission’, and accompanying bookLouder Than War’s Cazz Blase catches up with Amanda Palmer as she interviews her about her new album and accompanying book. Aside from last years collaboration with Jasmine Power, ‘Mr Weinstein will see you now’, the music world hasn’t heard from… Mar 03 19March 03, 2019Article at Louder Than War
State of total independenceLaura Kidd has been performing as She Makes War for eight years now. Cazz Blase meets up with her on her latest tour It’s day three of the She Makes War tour, which means that Laura Kidd and her band are in Manchester this evening. They are due to… Dec 05 18December 05, 2018Article at The F-Word
Stories of the She-PunksFed up of not seeing their own experiences and those of their peers represented in accounts of 1970s UK punk, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook have made a film that nails the female punk experience. Cazz Blase meets up with them for a chat “Helen… Nov 02 18November 02, 2018Article at The F-Word
Singing out loudSinger/songwriter Emma Back has created a sophisticated debut album that holds up a mirror to the world. She talks to Cazz Blase about songwriting, singing and activism In 2014, singer/songwriter, teacher and activist Emma Back made the decision to… Aug 18 18August 18, 2018Article at The F-Word
“We really wanted to be part of the solution rather than the problem”Meet Vivien Jones, founder of Kookie, a new print magazine for tweenage girls The tweenager is regarded as a comparatively recent phenomenon, though the Oxford English Dictionary can trace the first use of the word ‘tween’ back to 1941. It refers to… Jan 21 18January 21, 2018Article at The F-Word
Grrrl, InterruptedCazz Blase speaks to DIY icon Karren Ablaze! about her illustrious career as riot grrrl extraordinaire and fanzine pioneer Woman of action, fanzine writer, grrrl about Leeds, musician and singer: Karren Ablaze! has worn a number of creative hats over… Jan 23 16January 23, 2016Article at The F-Word
Eerie electro: White Blush on extended playCazz Blase revisits White Blush’s self-titled EP and talks to the creator, Carol Rhyu, about her work and what’s next for White Blush Carol Rhyu (AKA White Blush) first came to my attention a year ago when, having read my blog post about K-Pop and… Jul 03 13July 03, 2013Article at The F-Word
Shrieking Violet’s Natalie Bradbury talks about Manchester and feminismNatalie Bradbury is a journalist and writer based in Manchester. She has been writing and editing the magazine Shrieking Violet for three years. The magazine appears in paper format around Manchester, and is also available online here. The website… Nov 15 12November 15, 2012Article at The F-Word
Celebrating Sisterhood! Viv Albertine, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook perform in HydeThree punk pioneers reunite for an evening of rage, honesty, playfulness and sound experiments. Cazz Blase attends the show and talks to the acts backstage Because the evening’s soundcheck for Celebrating Sisterhood has overrun, I spend a certain… Apr 12 12April 12, 2012Article at The F-Word
Women and the UK music pressMusic is a universal language. But don’t tell the UK music press, which is marketing itself to a definitively male readership. Cazz Blase takes a look at the marketing materials put out by the big music magazines It is a truth universally… Feb 12 12February 12, 2012Article at The F-Word
A shocking shade of pinkShocking Pink was a magazine for and by young women, that rejected the adult-oriented feminism of the periodicals of women’s liberation in favour of a youth-led agenda that prefigured riot grrrl. Cazz Blase talks to the women who made it… Aug 13 11August 13, 2011Article at The F-Word
A woman called Toothpaste: an interview with Lucy WhitmanCazz Blase interviews Lucy Toothpaste, who wrote the fanzine JOLT and played a central role in the punk feminist movement During the course of researching and writing my recent series of essays on women and punk, one person I was eager to track down… May 20 11May 20, 2011Article at The F-Word
Punk women write backWomen from the 1970s punk scene in the UK have not stood by as their contributions were erased from the music history books, but have documented that time with their own books and films. Cazz Blase reports This is the sixth and final instalment in a… Jan 02 11January 02, 2011Article at The F-Word
Women in punk: the returnThe 1990s brought with them grunge, riot grrrl – and fresh inspiration for the women at the centre of Britain’s 1970s punk scene. Cazz Blase continues her series This is part five in a series of features writing women back into the history of British… Oct 12 10October 12, 2010Article at The F-Word
Women in punk: the disappearing yearsWhat happened to the women of 1970s British punk once the 1980s dawned? Cazz Blase continues her series This is part four in a series of features writing women back into the history of British punk. Click here to read: Part three Into the 1980s: an… Jul 22 10July 22, 2010Article at The F-Word
Women of the punk eraCazz Blase interviews women of British 1970s punk on the music – and the politics, in part three of her series First encounters Gina Birch was on an art foundation course in Nottingham when she first encountered what would become known as punk. She… Apr 24 10April 24, 2010Article at The F-Word
Writing women back into punkIn the second installment of her series, Cazz Blase looks at how punk was covered by the music and feminist presses, the work of female journalists, and how women punks came to be largely written out of the history books A merry band of… Mar 14 10March 14, 2010Article at The F-Word
