An Appreciation of the Music of Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, and Paul S. Denman, who write and perform songs about friendship, love, and sympathy in both cosmopolitan and common lives in ...

In this culture where we worship everything young and fresh, Sade reminded us during last night’s tour opener that there is no substitute for experience. Coming onstage Seattle’s Key Arena behind a ...

International jazz singer and Palm Beach County native Bianca Rosarrio and the Smooth Operators cover legendary classic music, from Sade to Anita Baker. Art After Dark, an intimate fusion of live ...

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Britney have cluttered the TD Garden with mock subway cars, candy-cane catwalks and silly circus rings. Sade’s not that tacky. At last night’s show, Sade returned to Boston ...

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 ...

It’s very easy to hate Sade, and it has been so ever since the group emerged from London’s jazz-club scene in the early 1980s. Part of it is socio-cultural: although Sade Adu herself is hardly a ...

Sexy, smooth and sung by an exotic beauty, Sade’s music resonated deeply with a worldwide audience. The best songs — “Smooth Operator,” “The Sweetest Taboo,” “No Ordinary Love” — set the smoky, lower ...

Even the return of the reclusive singer Sade to the stage for her first world tour in 17 years had to take a back seat to the even bigger event taking place at Westminster Abbey last weekend. With the ...