Good new music - Sade

Yes, not the Foo, or some other alt rock mood band, or my well loved country writers- but Sade's latest album "Soldier of Love" rocks. It's smooth, hard, jazzy, bluesy and at it's best, the most beautiful melodic music one singer/songwriter has come out with that I have heard in months. It's refreshingly sexy, old school, yet has some nice new sounding timbers to her voice that lend a mature sound without sounding "old". The sound of the entire album is reflective, telling some stories (about having children) but also including those stories we all have about passion, fleeting romance, bitterness, new love, and redemption. She is one of my few female songwriting idols. Sade- after almost 10 years since any big recording hits, beat out all the current pop stars to hit #1 this year upon debuting. Good for her, good for women songwriters, and good for lovers.