SINGER-songwriter Cole Stacey comes to St Michael & All Angels Church, Stockland in East Devon, on Friday 21st February, at 7pm, to launch his debut album, Postcards From Lost Places.

The Dartmoor-based musician has a repertoire that ranges from British folk and 80s pop to spoken word and ambient electronics. With explorations into traditional song writing and verse in his blood, the new album explores the idea of regeneration. At its heart is a symbiosis of ‘lost’ places and forgotten words, stretching as far back as the 13th century, paired with Cole’s distinctive, lyrical song writing and soft pop vocals mixed with singular field recordings.

Collaborations include traditional Lithuanian Kanklės virtuoso Emilija Karaliute, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Jack Cookson and electronic producer and composer Guy Andrews. Each track, or postcard, is imaginatively recorded on location in spaces that to the outside world are easily overlooked, yet continue to endure.

As one half of alt-folk duo India Electric Company, alongside Joseph O’Keefe, Cole has done prime time live sessions for BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music. Since 2015 he has been accompanying pop icon Midge Ure on everything from mandolin to bass guitar, analogue synthesisers to vocals, across sold-out tours of Australia, New Zealand, UK, Scandinavia and Germany