As part of their ongoing Perspectives series, the National Concert Hall is welcoming funk, soul and hip-hop artist Meshell Ndegéocello to their stage next month, for her first ever Irish performance.

The ten-time Grammy Award nominee, who has worked the likes of Madonna, Chaka Khan, Basement Jaxx, Sinead O'Connor, Pat Metheny, DJ Premier and many more, is often credited with starting neo-soul music. Her most recent album, Ventriloquism, containing shape-shifting interpretations of soul and R&B classics, has been met with universal acclaim.

In a review of Cookie: The Anthropological Mix Tape, her fourth album, Hot Press described Ndegéocello as "a real free radical, a maverick music maker and cultural voice whose genius is to challenge her listeners on every level."

From her 1993 debut Plantation Lullabies through to her latest release, Ndegéocello has built a consistent body of work which embraces jazz, R&B, rock and hip hop.

The National Concert Hall’s Perspectives Series will also see Matmos [M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel] perform on June 6 in the Studio, and a Philip Glass Residency scheduled for October 2019.

Tickets for Ndegéocello's performance on Wednesday, May 29, are on sale now. See the National Concert Hall's website for more information.