SHANA
MORRISON singer/songwriter Shana Morrison's musical style has been called pop with a side of blues and a side of rock. She has also been known to include other ingredients, like country, R&B, and jazz into the mix. Her material seems to be ever-changing and hard to pin down categorically. What always remains the same is Shana's unique and wide-ranging voice.
Shana began performing with her group Caledonia in the San
Francisco Bay Area in 1996. Her debut CD Caledonia was released on her own
label, Belfast Violet Records in 98 and picked up by the Monster Music label
in 1999. Caledonia received favorable reviews from the LA Times, SF
Chronicle, and the SF Examiner, as well as air play on KPFA, KPIG, KPIX,
KDVS, KHUM, and KFOG. Tours across the country soon followed.
Vanguard Records signed Shana in 2001, and 7 Wishes was released in 2002.
This time, she received favorable reviews from newspapers and magazines
across the country, as well as airplay on KMTT Seattle Wa, KINK Portland Or,
KSGR Austin Tx, and KBCO Denver Co. Shana's style has been called pop, with
a side of blues and a side of rock. She has also been known to include other
ingredients, like country, r&b, and jazz to the mix. Her material seems to
be ever changing, and hard to pin down categorically. What always remains
the same is Shana's unique and wide-ranging voice.
Chronologically listed, some highlights of Shana's career follow: Since '96,
Shana has participated in benefit concerts for Oakland's "American Legends
Foundation". Paying tribute to and playing for artists such as Brownie McGhee
and Charles Brown, Shana has shared billing with the likes of Bonnie Raitt,
John Lee Hooker, and Dr. John. She has also played for festival audiences on
the main stage both at the Guinness Fleadh in New York in '97, and in San
Francisco in '99. In 2000 Shana performed at the San Francisco Blues
Festival, The Ottawa Blues Festival, and the Edmonton Folk Festival.
Recently she has had the type of exposure she deserves; opening shows for
Lyle Lovett, Joe Cocker, Michael McDonald, John Hyatt, Keb’ Mo’ and Bob Weir.
Shana has also had international exposure.
Her band did a live broadcast
for the BBC's "Kelly Show," which aired in 1996. Shana sang at the BRIT
Awards in '96 when her father was presented with a lifetime achievement
award. This has been broadcasted on A&E in America several times since. She also participated in a VH-1 Father's Day special and was featured in People magazine in '97, Rolling Stone in '99, and Interview magazine in 2002. Most recently, Caledonia played on the Oxygen channel's Pure Oxygen tv show and
Shana appeared on the Howard Stern show to chat about 7 Wishes and spin the
song "I Spy."
Since 2002 the band has been busy with tours across the US, in Germany,
Italy and Ireland playing radio shows, clubs, theaters, and festivals. Most
notably playing the Warfield in San Francisco, the Viper Room in Los
Angeles, the House Of Blues in Cambridge, the Bottom Line in New York,
Meinisfree Open Air in Germany, the Arezzo Wave Pop festival in Italy, and
the Cork Jazz festival in Ireland. Early 2006 saw Shana singing beside Van Morrison again during his U.S. tour. Fourteen years have passed since her beginnings singing duets with Mr. Morrison in his infamous Rhythm and Soul Review, which featured artists such as Jimmy Witherspoon, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker. Since her first foray into recording on the Van Morrison releases A Night in San Francisco (1994) and Days Like This (1995), Shana Morrison has grown as a singer, a songwriter, and an artist. Her self-produced 2007 release, the R&B-flavored CD That's Who I Am, is on Belfast Violet Records.
More information can be found at www.shanamorrison.com For booking information, please contact caledoniabiz@comcast.net
Or (415) 332-0525
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