After an eight-year hiatus, soul singer Maxwell is back with his fourth studio album, BLACKsummers’night, released last year to critical acclaim. The singer of chart-topping songs like “This Woman’s Work” and “Fortunate,” earned millions of screaming female fans with his double-platinum debut, Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite. He shocked some by cutting his signature afro upon his return to the music scene, but even shorn of his trademark locks he’s been nominated for six Grammys, including Best R&B Album; he’ll be performing at the Jan. 31 awards broadcast. Click on the link below to submit your questions for Maxwell, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

source: http://10questions.time.com/2010/01/22/ask-maxwell/

WATCH VIDEO HERE:  http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,64868703001_1851783,00.html

Maxwell will be performing “Fistful of Tears” on The Oprah Winfrey Show 12/20/10

Can be seen at 4:00 PM EST on ABC channel 7 *Check Your Local Listings *

Head over to musze.com to see how Maxwell is doing his part to help in the Haiti Relief

WATCH MAXWELL ON OPRAH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZkNnvtmmIM

The following is an open letter to you from Maxwell on Haiti. Again, do as your heart compels you to do for our brothers and sisters in Haiti.

My heartfelt prayers go out to all my people of Haiti in the wake of this devastating earthquake.

I was honored to attend an emergency meeting organized by President Bill Clinton on Thursday. It was pivotal to me, and even uplifting. I was in a room with all kinds of incredible people from all sorts of different backgrounds, all working on solutions – artists, financiers, disaster specialists and Haiti experts like Dr. Paul Farmer, the public health specialist who is a United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti.

Everyone in the room was focused on solutions to Haiti’s urgent and mounting problems. Many ideas were discussed that are at this moment being put into action. While the immediate focus is on humanitarian aid and saving lives, the ultimate goal is to rebuild Haiti so that all Haitians can make their country a better place to live for all. I have volunteered to assist President Clinton in any way that I can.

The most important thing I learned was that sending cash is the best way to help right now. The easiest way to do it is through text messaging, but other ways to help include donating to organizations such as the Clinton foundation, Unicef, Red Cross and Wyclef’s charity YeleHaiti. There are links to those charities here: http://www.musze.com/

http://blogs.centrictv.com/music/soulsessions/maxwell-on-haiti/

photo of Max taken by: MAXfam Taiwo_snaps

source: http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/home/

WATCH MAXWELL ACCEPTING HIS AWARD HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_k7Z_oEvU

Columbia Records confirms via their newsletter that Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night has been certified PLATINUM!