Shana Morrison was born in Kingston, New York on April 7, 1970. She is the only child that Van Morrison had with his former wife, Janet Rigsbee Minto (Janet Planet). Shana was active in music throughout her early years, singing in choirs and musicals in high school and college, and shortly after graduating from Pepperdine University in 1993, she joined her father on tour for a year (via Celebrity Spy).
While Shana no doubt encompasses much of the soul and jazz elements of her father’s music, her own melodic craft incorporates a gritty convergence of blues and pop/rock that mirrors female artists like Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, and Sheryl Crow. She’s released five volumes of music (including all albums, EP’s, and singles), toured throughout the world, and became president of her own record label, Belfast Violet, in 1998 (per AllMusic). She’s also appeared on two of her father’s albums, “A Night in San Francisco” and “Days Like This” (via Celebrity Spy).
