The two, however, are separate projects. As Twain explains, she won't be playing any of her new material on the road. "I want everyone to hear the hits," she tells Radio.com. "When I go to a show I want to hear songs that I know. So I won't be introducing any of the new songs from the new music in this concert."

Which isn't to discount her excitement for the new music she's working on. "The songs are going great," she says enthusiastically. "I've been putting them together for a really long time now. They've been whirling around in my head, so I've got a pile of things, way too much for one album."

While Twain says she's in the studio and the "record is on its way," she explains that it's difficult to vividly describe and categorize the sound of the new material. "It's hard for me to put my finger on it; I don't know how to explain it," she confesses. "One of the producers involved, we were talking about how to describe it in words and he said, 'This is soul. This is soul music.'"