Diana Gutkind is an English pianist and keyboardist. Gutkind worked as a

session musician Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...

with bands such as Sandals, before joining Blur as their live keyboardist in 1995. She took over the part of Cara Tivey. She stayed with the band up to their 2000 Best of concert tour. She played numerous gigs with the band and can be seen with the band on the Singles Night concert video, and be heard on the live version of

Beetlebum "Beetlebum" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released on 20 January 1997 as the lead single from the band's eponymous fifth album, '' Blur'' (1997). Written about Blur frontman Damon Albarn's experiences with heroin, the ...

that appeared on the ''

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'' album, and '' Live at the Budokan''. In 2004, she played keyboards on ''Something Ilk'' by

Cathy Davey Catherine "Cathy" Davey (born 1979) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She has released one extended play, "Come Over" (2004), and four albums, '' Something Ilk'' (2004), ''Tales of Silversleeve'' (2007), '' The Nameless'' (2010) and ''New Forest'' ...

. In 2005, she played piano on two tracks from ''

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'' by Marianne Faithfull. She is currently in the band Mesmerise with Scottish free jazz singer, Maggie Nicols.

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