When you consider the fact that Sade tours about as often as Halley’s Comet appears, the fact that I waited until the 11th hour to pick up a ticket to their latest tour seems kind of…well, foolish. After all, the venerable British band has retained their popularity for over a quarter-century now. That has to be due to something, right? Add in support from John Legend, one of the most consistent artists of the past decade in any genre, and […]
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Sade's "Soldier of Love": Still Smooth After All These Years
People love to talk about the curse of Grammy’s Best New Artist, but what gets overlooked is the amount of times the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences has gotten it right. Case in point, the 1985 ceremonies. While nominees a-ha, Katrina & the Waves and Julian Lennon were has-beens in America by the end of the decade, eventual winner Sade has maintained a level of popularity for a quarter-century now. This is evidenced by not only the fact […]