It is the BOOKING POLICIES in general, not yours in particular, that I described as dull, not the artists. Necessarily . . .
Dull and safe. Zzzzzzzzzz.

Jon Boden? Lisa Knapp? Hazel&Emily Askew?
You'd scarcely need to research THEM on MySpace. Everybody in the world (OK I exaggerate but only a bit) knows who they are.

The first time I saw John Spiers & Jon Boden as a duo was at the Royal Oak. About 5 years ago. I think it was their first duo gig. But they were already well known in the session scene.

The only times I have seen any artist I didn't already know at a club in the past several years (a decade at a guess) has been at Islington (Booking policy: 'from the fiercely traditional to the frankly eccentric'). Now, there's an example . . .