Four years ago, McLachlan wrapped up her lucrative Lillith Fair festival and returned to her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, for some much-needed rest and relaxation.

The singer returns with her first album of new material in six years, Afterglow. "When you look up Afterglow in the dictionary, it is defined as 'the glow or light that remains once the sun is gone'. You're used to this bright, shiny beautiful glow but the moment the sun disappears, all of a sudden you have to readjust everything. It's a very transitional moment. A lot of these songs are about transition...the turning over of the rock, what's underneath, the murky, shadowy uncertainty where everything looks very different."

McLachlan was due a break after more than a decade of non-stop work during which time she sold more than 22 million records worldwide. She mentioned that she “was living a life different from what I was used to and it was very nice.”