Cole Stacey and Joseph O’Keefe - the acoustic duo with the electric name - have been confirmed as an addition to the line-up at Suffolk’s fast-growing FolkEast festival this August.

The increasingly impressive India Electric Co. whose eclectic debut album The Girl I Left Behind Me has been receiving 4* national newspaper reviews and widespread national radio airplay on BBC 2, BBC 3 and BBC 6, will take time off from their 2015 tour with Ultravox legend Midge Ure to head to the glorious Suffolk parkland of Elizabethan stately home Glemham Hall, for the 4th FolkEast festival.

The duo will appear on the main stage on the opening night (Friday, August 21) along with Mawkin, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner and False Lights (Jim Moray & Sam Carter)

“Folk teleported to the future” is how BBC 6 presenter Tom Robinson has described their bold and refreshing sound while testament to the esteem in which this young duo are already held comes from no less than Midge Ure who chose them to open for and accompany him as his band on an extensive UK and European 2015 tour. He says: “The wide range of musical textures they create immediately stood out.” The tour includes a date at London’s Union Chapel on October 23 followed by dates in Denmark and Germany.

Ingenious singer songwriters, musicians and coffee connoisseurs, Cole (25) and Joe (23) spent a year writing and recording the 10-track The Girl I Left Behind Me. Reflecting their shuttle life style on both sides of the English channel (they lived in France for a time), this is a heady concoction brewed in Devonshire barns and stirred in Parisian cafes.

Sometimes folk, sometimes not, the material is certainly inspired by roots themes from Eastern Europe to Africa, through to Latin America. Gregarious gypsy jazz sidles alongside the influence of lively Irish reels, fresh arrangements of 18th century sea shanties and beguiling self-penned songs of winsome emotion. Timeless, classy and life affirming this is something of a roller coaster ride as it dips and dives, lilts and flows with a nod to artists as diverse as The XX, Thomas Bartlett, Joanna Newsome and the Buena Vista Social Club and literary touchstones including Auden and Marvell.

Cole co-writes singular songs and delivers a sultry vocal while Joe proves a multi instrumental wonder moving between accordion, violin, double bass, guitars, piano, mandolin, banjo and euphonium - traditional instruments played in an unconventional way.

Having just played Glastonbury India Electric Co. will also make their debut at Cambridge Folk Festival on August 1.

FolkEast runs from August 21-23 and among the leading names appearing are The Unthanks, Chris Wood & Andy Cutting, Leveret, Megson, Martin Carthy, newly crowned BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Best Duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker and festival patrons The Young ‘ Uns, who scooped Best Group at this year’s Folk Awards.

Upcoming Gigs

Saty July 4: Acoustic Routes, Cambridge

Saty August 1:  Cambridge Folk Festival

Fri August 21:  FolkEast, Glemham Hall, Suffolk

The Breathe Again Tour with Midge Ure

Thurs Sep 17 Bury St. Edmunds, The Apex

Fri Sep 18 Andover, The Lights

Sat Sep 19 Redhill, The Harlequin

Thurs Oct 1 Falmouth, Princess Pavilion

Fri Oct 2 Porthcawl, Grand Pavilion

Sat Oct 3 Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, The Tithe Barn

Sun Oct 4 Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall

Weds Oct 14 Preston, Guildhall Charter

Thurs Oct 15 Ulverston, Coronation Hall

Fri Oct 16 Leamington Spa, The Assembly

Sat Oct 17 Hunstanton, Princess Theatre

Thurs Oct 22 Lincoln Drill Hall Lincoln

Fri Oct 23 London, Union Chapel