Deirdre Cartwright

{{Short description|British musician (born 1958)}}

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Deirdre Cartwright (born 27 July 1958) is a British guitarist and composer.

Cartwright was a member of Painted Lady, which later became known as Girlschool; she left to form another band, Tour De Force.{{cite web | url = http://www.musicmight.com/artist/uk/london/girlschool | title = Girlschool | access-date = 21 September 2015 | last = Sharpe-Young | first = Garry | publisher = MusicMight | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120928092323/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/uk/london/girlschool | archivedate = 28 September 2012 }}

In 1983, Cartwright provided the guitar tuition element of the BBC/PBS series Rockschool alongside bass guitarist Henry Thomas and drummer Geoff Nicholls. In 1989, along with Alison Rayner, Cartwright started a regular monthly night at the Vortex Jazz Club called Blow The Fuse. She was a member of the popular Guest Stars sextet which toured widely in the UK and abroad during the 1980s. She is currently a member of the Alison Rayner Quintet, and leads her own trio Organik.