Once dubbed the "spiritual love child of Sade and D'Angelo" by Rolling Stone, singer-songwriter Goapele's music fuses jazz, soul and hip-hop with her own beautiful poetry. Goapele means "to move forward" in Setswana and the Oakland native has been doing just that since her 2001 debut. The sultry songbird's been a Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart mainstay and has collaborated with everyone from Snoop Dogg to Eric Benét to Mos Def. She heads to Yoshi's to put her smoky, sensual voice to work on hits like "Closer," "Play," "Hey Boy" and other tracks from her most recent release Strong as Glass.