Shania Twain says she feels ‘time crunch’ to record more albums while she has a voice
Shania Twain says she worries her singing voice “may not last forever” and wants to “hurry up and make more records” while she still can.
By David Friend | The Canadian Press | January 26, 2023
Shania Twain says she worries her singing voice is on borrowed time and so she plans to “hurry up and make more records.”
Twain told The Canadian Press she feels a “time crunch” on her voice, and feared she may lose it in the fallout of contracting Lyme disease roughly two decades ago.
“It may not last forever; I know that, I’ve been told that,” she said Wednesday in a call from Las Vegas to promote her sixth album “Queen of Me,” out Feb. 3.
“I’ve got so many songs written and I want to get in there and record them while I can.”
The tick-borne illness forced the Timmins, Ont.-raised singer-songwriter to undergo several invasive surgeries to repair damage to her vocal cords. It took years to return to the stage.
The 57-year-old said the second chance has allowed her to focus on “celebrating and gratitude” and she hoped to get into a studio soon.
Standing between her and those plans is a tour of more than 70 dates tied to her upcoming album, which includes her boisterous single “Giddy Up!”
“I think the tour, if anything, will keep me vocally fit,” she said.
“I’ll be singing regularly, I’ll be in the best vocal health that I can be in. And good physical health, being so disciplined and everything like that. So I imagine right after the tour I’ll want to get into the studio and record more.”
Twain’s tour kicks off in late April, with stops in the United Kingdom and North America including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
Shania Twain says she's grateful to be 'alive' and 'healthy' for her comeback
By David Friend | The Canadian Press | February 14, 2023
Shania Twain says she's grateful to be "alive" and "healthy" to witness the Shania-ssance.
The Canadian pop-country superstar is in the middle of a comeback that's seen her share a stage with Harry Styles at Coachella and be embraced by the TikTok generation just as she released her new album "Queen of Me."
The 57-year-old says all of this activity isn't something she takes for granted, especially after she faced years of health struggles from contracting Lyme disease in 2003.
Twain says she remembers thinking as a young musician that many artists never get to witness their "second wave" of popularity.
And so the "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" singer intends to capitalize on this moment with new music and more than 70 tour dates slated throughout the year.
She says there's also a stage musical in the works that builds its story around her songs, and she is already thinking of recording new albums after her tour wraps.
"I'm healthy and I'm getting to enjoy all of these fabulous fruits of all these years of work, effort and heart," she said in a recent video call from Las Vegas.
