Hello and welcome to our March 2022 roundup.
We’re very excited to be back in the heart of Stoke Newington for our new Friday night season in the superb space of St Matthias Hall.
22 April River Cruz + Michele Drees BOOK
27 May Deirdre Cartwright’s PICNIC feat. Annie Whitehead BOOK
24 June Carol Grimes BOOK
This season has been generously supported by DissentersN16 as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations.
www.dissenters.org.uk
Regular slots at Ronnie Scott’s and the Clapton Country Club, Electric Landladies play in Walthamstow Trades Club and if any of you are thinking now’s the time to put on that postponed birthday, anniversary celebration then do get in touch. The Electric Landladies play at many a private ‘do’ and a wonderful and fun evening is guaranteed!
Blow the Fuse ‘On Air’
In 2020 – 2021, we were awarded funding by the Arts Council of England to produce a series of online concerts recorded exclusively by Blow the Fuse from the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston plus archive film footage and interviews. We’d like to thank everyone who’s supported us through these extraordinary times and to all of you who became a BTF Patron through donations. Your support was crucial and helped us to produce TEN shows in all. A very steep but rewarding learning curve.
All shows can now be viewed anytime on our You Tube channel HERE
Carol Grimes • Deirdre Cartwright • Liane Carroll • Annie Whitehead
D’n’A present vintage Guest Stars • Martha & Eve + The DaDa Dandies
Back to the 70s • The Casimir Connection + Add3io • Ian Shaw • ARQ
Please join our club by clicking here and receive links to the shows. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and look on our fb page for more updates. See you ‘On Air’ soon!
Many thanks to the Arts Council Of England for their support….
We’ve won the 2020 award for ‘Services to Jazz’ at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Thanks to everyone involved, it means a lot to us. Congratulations to all the other winners, we’re really honoured.
Our new season of Tomorrow the Moon, supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund began in January 2020.
We were also delighted to have been awarded funding to record the new ARQ album ‘Short Stories’ and for a national tour promoting the album.
Both of these projects are being rescheduled as a result of Coronavirus measures.
See you live again in 2021.
and to the equally wonderful people working at the PRSF for the Women Make music fund.
Thank you to all our supporters and watch this space for more news…
In May 2019, Blow the Fuse celebrated 30 years. Started in 1989 by musicians and composers Deirdre Cartwright and Alison Rayner who were members of the internationally acclaimed jazz group The Guest Stars, BTF have played a crucial role in raising awareness about women jazz musicians and importantly giving them support, a space and opportunity to perform in times which have sometimes been very challenging.