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I love playing live so please contact me if you’d like to book the Deirdre Cartwight Group which plays original music, the Deirdre Cartwright Trio (gtr, bass, drums) or Deirdre Cartwight and Alison Rayner as a duo where we play standards. Please go to Blow the Fuse if you’d like to look at other bands I play with.

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Imaginative guitarist and composer, who became well known by presenting BBC TV’s ground breaking series ‘Rockschool’
Described by The Observer as a “a most remarkable musician, having an apparently effortless command of the instrument” and by The Guardian as “a melodic, funky and hard swinging guitarist”, Cartwright’s live set can include 70’s fusion and funk, pop covers as well as straight ahead jazz with spoken word and vocals.

deirdre cartwright group

  • Deirdre Cartwright - guitars
  • Alison Rayner - electric & double bass
  • Buster Birch/Simon Pearson - drums
  • Sarah P - vocals and spoken word

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Always regarded as an imaginative guitarist and composer, Deirdre Cartwright has spent years honing her skills as a consummate guitar player.

She became well known in the 1980’s as a result of presenting the BBC’s ground breaking series Rockschool, which attracted audiences of 2 million viewers every week in the UK and was subsequently shown worldwide. She then went on to compose and perform with the Guest Stars with whom she recorded three albums and toured the world.

Since forming her own group in has toured extensively in the UK and abroad including representing Great Britain at the European Jazz Festival in Mexico City and her trio featuring in a concert and live radio broadcast at the Warsaw International Guitar Festival.

Her live set includes 70’s fusion and funk, original takes on pop covers as well as straight ahead jazz with spoken word and vocals.

“She’s a terrific player…. her strength lies in her ability to absorb the huge variety of modern approaches to the instrument, without copying any of them”.
The Observer

‘A thoughtfully programmed, unequivocally enjoyable album.’
Chris Parker Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s

‘Intensely hip, groovy, accessible and atmospheric. Get out and see them’
Musician magazine