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Irish-American musician (born )

Musical artist

Shana Caledonia Morrison (born April 7, ) is an American singer-songwriter and the daughter of Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Van Morrison, and his ex-wife, Janet Rigsbee Minto.

Early life

Morrison was born in Cambridge MA and grew up in Marin County, California, and was raised spending time in the separate homes of her parents, who had divorced when she was three years old.

She also worked weekends in the record shop of her paternal grandparents, George and Violet, after they moved to California from Northern Ireland when Morrison was a toddler. She learned her first songs from her grandmother who would often sing to her all afternoon.

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Musical career

Morrison sang in musicals and choirs in high school and college. After graduating with a business degree from Pepperdine University in , she went on the road touring with her father and his band for a year.

She duetted with him on his album A Night in San