On ‘Little Miss Twain’, Shania Reflects on Humble Beginnings, Late Mother

On 'Little Miss Twain,' Shania Twain reflects on her humble beginnings and her late mother

Shania Twain's new album, “Little Miss Twain,” explores her early life in Northern Ontario, Canada, a chapter she says most of her fans don't know much about. She recalls singing to rugged crowds of miners and hunters in small town…

Shania Twain brings the past into the present with Little Miss Twain

CBC Music associate producer Natalie Harmsen, Exclaim! editor Megan LaPierre and Paper Magazine senior editor Joan Summers dig into the new album from the Canadian queen of country, and how it’s landing in this renewed moment of country dominance.

On ‘Little Miss Twain’, Shania reflects on humble beginnings, late mother

NEW YORK (AP): Before Shania Twain became Shania Twain, she was a child performing in Canadian bars, singing to miners, lumberjacks, fishermen and hunters drinking the night away. “It was a bit more of a rugged crowd. And they were small crowds,” she says in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I could only enter after the bar closed. That was after midnight because I was underage. And, as long as the bar wasn’t still serving, then I c…

Albums: Little Miss Twain Shania Twain

Perhaps the biggest surprise arrives with Faded Blue Jeans, featuring Josh Homme. It's an unlikely pairing that somehow makes complete sense, with Homme's gravelly vocals adding a rugged edge to a song that blurs the boundaries between country, blues and rock. Their chemistry is effortless, and the result is one of the album's most memorable collaborations