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Sade's jazzy soul songs have often teetered between heartbreak and hope, and the title track of her just-out Soldier of Love album walks that emotional line over a crackling martial groove that returns the British chanteuse to the spotlight for the first time in a decade.

Rosanne Cash makes to-do lists of everything, whether it's errands to run or songs to sing, reports Jon Bream, of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Though he's been touring for nearly 50 years, spreading his brand of rockin' blues around the world, John Mayall isn't interested in slowing down.