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Shona Laing (born c. 1955) is a New Zealand born musician. She has had several hits in her native country, as well as a few minor international hits, most notably "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow". Laing also contributed to the Manfred Mann's Earth Band album Somewhere in Afrika and toured with them in Europe. Currently she resides in New Zealand and occasionally plays live shows, enjoying a small but devoted fan base. During a concert in 1996, Shona Laing came out as bisexual and noted that she was in a relationship with another woman. In 2008, Shona...

Scottish-born, Yorkshire-bred Shona Foster left the desolate beauty of the Moors behind her and travelled south. Arriving in Brighton, she set about bringing to life the songs that would characterise her unique musical direction. Shona’s work defies easy categorisation. When you hear it, you’ll know that Frank Zappa was bang on when he said that writing about music was like dancing about architecture. We could talk of haunting melodies and enchanting rhythms or about how an Ella Fitzgerald/Tom Waits/Tim Burton collaboration might sound - but that still wouldn’t even be close. For Shona, the songs spring from the fertile ground...

'Discovered' by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Shonagh released her debut album 'Beautiful View' in 2004. She sang at the inaugural gala for George W. Bush on 18 January 2001 which was also attended by Tony Blair. She went on to perform at the first Ground Zero memorial concert (at the request of Rudolph Giuliani). Shonagh sang again for various heads of state and other luminaries in November 2003 in London where her audience included the Queen, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Laura Bush, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. Following an appearance on The Late Late Show...