PinnedCazz BlaseBring back live music but don’t bring back sexual harassment at gigsPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic incidents of sexual harassment and violence at live music events were regularly flagged up by music fans…22 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
Cazz BlaseA love letter to BBC Radio 4ExtraThe BBC launched its digital radio station BBC7, later 4Extra, in 2002. Now it plans to close it6 min read·Jul 18, 2022----
Cazz BlaseSave Our LadiesA long awaited adaptation of Alan Warner’s much loved novel, director Michael Caton-Jones’ Our Ladies, has fallen off the UK film release…6 min read·Jan 31, 2021----
Cazz BlaseFlorence + The Punk WomenI never thought that my two musical worlds would collide but, in summer 2019, they did20 min read·Jan 1, 2020----
Cazz BlaseYou do have the powerUS musician and activist Shawna Potter is on a mission to make spaces safer and empower the general public to challenge street harassment5 min read·Dec 20, 2019----
Cazz BlaseWhy achieving gender equality at music festivals means looking beyond the main stageDebate about the lack of female headliners at music festivals is becoming an annual event. To see real progress the music industry and…10 min read·Sep 4, 2019--1--1
Cazz BlaseCinema’s women and music problemCinema has a dubious reputation when it comes to sympathetic portrayals of women in music8 min read·Jul 12, 2019----
Cazz BlaseHow I unwittingly made an analogue podcast in 1996Podcasting might seem like a firmly 21st Century phenomenon, but it’s origins lie much further back than that5 min read·Mar 27, 2019----
Cazz BlaseMy rent costs less than a train ticket to LondonAt the time of writing, the cost of an Anytime Open Return train ticket from Stockport to London Euston is £338*. It is due to rise…6 min read·Jan 1, 2019--5--5
Cazz BlaseA lyrical history of Girl PowerThe Spice Girls may have disowned the phrase Girl Power in 2018, but they have never been it’s sole custodians. The lyrical origins of the…7 min read·Dec 28, 2018----