Folkiedave
But you allowed my punk band........:-)
to do a floorspot. Sorry, but I don't think we'll be booking you.
I'd take a chance on Len Graham!!
I'm sure Len Graham is absolutely wonderful but, mea culpa, I know nothing about the chap. Is he likely to tour southern England anytime?

Diane Easby
This is what I come up against in my very occasional attempts at promotion in the highly incestuous and inward-looking f*lk club village. If an artist hasn't been and done 976 floor spots at 'our club' or appeared at one of the three festivals we've ever been at, for us they just don't exist.
We have, from time to time, given people bookings on the basis of one floorspot. Jon Boden, Lisa Knapp and the Askew sisters spring to mind.
Yet you organisers all apparently have computers nowadays, and you do know how to use a search engine? And access MySpace? No wonder the forward booking programmes are just so dull, dull, dull. With a handful of notable exceptions, you just haven't a clue who's out there.
What performers sound like on a recording is very often a poor indication of what they are like live. We have booked people on the basis of personal experience that we would not have done from their MySpace slot or demo CD which often don't do them justice. I can only repeat what I said to Jim. Would you like to look at our guest list and while you are at it, our workshops and then apologise to all the excellent performers you have just described as "dull, dull, dull".