Phew! Pretty long-winded...

As an American, I certainly have heard of Steve Forbert. I'm not especially familiar with his work, and can't offer an informed opinion, good or bad, but I can attest that he's a major and generally-well-respected artist of long standing.

If he's completely unknown in the UK, it's probably about time that he starts making appearances there.

The venue certainly sounds interesting, but if Nigel had restricted himself to, say, 100 words or less, he might be getting more positive responses...