Serious injury to his vocal chords has forced beloved balladeer Maxwell to cancel his highly-anticipated summer concert series, “Maxwell Two Night (2012).” The Grammy Award-winning “Pretty Wings” crooner, who, after an eight-year hiatus made a triumphant return to the stage in 2010 with his “Blacksummers’ Night” album, took to his official Facebook page to say [...]
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