Sade's

I scavenge through lists of other vocalists who possess greater natural gifts than Sade -- Dame Cleo Laine, Cassandra Wilson, Feist, Norah Jones, Yukimi Nagano -- to find a way to praise what Sade's ability to muse aloud achieves.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

Sade's grooves are not the backdrop for aural wallpaper, they are an architecture of rumination, confession, and connection unlike any other.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

Sade's grooves are not the backdrop for aural wallpaper, they are an architecture of rumination, confession, and connection unlike any other.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

Sade's show at Honda Center in Anaheim August 30, 2011 was such a triumph of visual and sonic beauty, I started to wonder if pure gorgeousness could fix the economy or make political parties get along or point the way to world peace.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

Everything about Sade's show, the visual, the costumes, the setlist, Sade's generous intros of her mates and their group curtain call, and also the way many in the Orange County crowd dressed up for the evening, argues for style as an outcome of sincerity.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

Everything about Sade's show, the visual, the costumes, the setlist, Sade's generous intros of her mates and their group curtain call, and also the way many in the Orange County crowd dressed up for the evening, argues for style as an outcome of sincerity.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

I think Jack is still looking for de Sade's Histoire de Juliette for you.

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 4/5: The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar 2009

I would have said "Sade's song 'Isn't it a crime,'" but that seems unlikely given the Roger/Elizabeth nexus.

Is It a Crime? Roger Sutton 2009

I scavenge through lists of other vocalists who possess greater natural gifts than Sade -- Dame Cleo Laine, Cassandra Wilson, Feist, Norah Jones, Yukimi Nagano -- to find a way to praise what Sade's ability to muse aloud achieves.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011

Sade's show at Honda Center in Anaheim August 30, 2011 was such a triumph of visual and sonic beauty, I started to wonder if pure gorgeousness could fix the economy or make political parties get along or point the way to world peace.

S.X. Rosenstock: Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment S.X. Rosenstock 2011