Dublin singer Soulé is one of a new generation of stars playing the Cork Jazz Festival

With a Congolese heritage and a penchant for electronic r’n’b, Dublin singer Soulé is being hailed as one of the leading lights of an emerging scene in Ireland, writes Ed Power

SOULÈ, an up-and-coming r’n b singer from Dublin, had never previously been to Electric Picnic when she was invited to perform across three separate stages at Ireland’s biggest music festival this year.

In a weekend crammed with bucket-list encounters, the most thrilling came as she found herself nattering with 1980s soul superstar Chaka Khan. The chart topper had sage advice.