The statuesque presence. The aloof, icy demeanor. It’s Sade. The Nigerian-born pop singer acknowledges the image is deliberate. But she cautions against taking it too seriously. “I don’t think I’m so ...

CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Sade that feels like home. Maybe it’s the velvety calm in her voice, or the way her music wraps around you like a warm, familiar blanket on a rainy day. She ...

Among the more memorable creations in Homer’s “Odyssey” are the Sirens, mysterious women whose singing is so enticing that it lures sailors irresistibly to their destruction. Since Homer doesn’t ...

If Sade didn’t exist, no one could have invented her. Over a career spanning six albums and 33 years, the art of the singer, backed by her band, has never been anything less than inimitable. Yet given ...

As the singer and her eponymous group approach the 40th anniversary of their debut album, we're ranking the highlights of their catalogue Few artists have managed to achieve stardom with a single name ...

Sade, despite a spare discography, has been the primary purveyor of romantic cool for more than two decades. Admit it — you still swoon every time that Smooth Operator sax kicks in on the radio. It's ...

Unlike hardcore fans, who have been sharing images, personal recollections and music ever since I was assigned this to story to coincide with Sade turning 63 this week, I didn’t grow up listening to ...