Shania Twain says she worries her singing voice BԪַmay not last foreverBԪַ and wants to BԪַhurry up and make more recordsBԪַ while she still can.
Twain told The Canadian Press she feels a BԪַtime crunchBԪַ on her voice, and fears she may lose it in the fallout of contracting Lyme disease roughly two decades ago.
The tick-borne illness forced the Timmins, Ont.-raised singer-songwriter to undergo several invasive surgeries to repair damage to her vocal cords and it took years for her to return to the stage.
The 57-year-old says the second chance has allowed her to focus on BԪַcelebrating and gratitudeBԪַ and she hopes to get into a studio soon because sheBԪַs written BԪַso many songsBԪַ she wants to record.
Standing between her and those plans is a massive tour of more than 70 dates tied to her upcoming album BԪַQueen of Me,BԪַ due in early February.
Twain kicks off the tour in late April, playing shows in an array of Canadian cities that include Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
BԪַDavid Friend, The Canadian Press