Swagger rock at The Craufurd Arms with Manc aces Federal Charm

Feisty Manchester quartet Federal Charm will be live at The Craufurd Arms on Friday night (July 22), the penultimate date of their Crossing the Divide UK tour.

If you hanker after twin-guitar twists and stop-start rhythms, these fellas will see you right.

They have an original take and fresh direction on the classic rock curve.

'Swaggering riffs, sleazy slide flourishes and cinder raw vocals with a confidence that is utterly winning,' says Classic Rock magazine, while Radio 2 declares them to be 'probably the hottest nu-blues outfit to have come out of the UK in the last 20 years.'

Last year they pushed out their second long-player, and they've played shows on these shores with Black Star Riders, Joanne Shaw Taylor and UFO.

This is rock n roll, with Free and Led Zep 'still major touchstones'...