Shona Laing

Shona Laing (born 9 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician. She was raised in Eastbourne, a suburb of Lower Hutt, and was a student at Hutt Valley High School when her musical talents first came to public notice. Laing had several folk hits in her native country and in the 1980s became internationally popular for her alternative music, most notably "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow" which was based on the Chernobyl disaster. Various alternative radio stations in the US such as WLIR played songs from her "South" album and she became internationally known. Laing contributed to Manfred Mann's Earth Band album Somewhere in Afrika and contributed music to, and appeared in, the 1985 action film Shaker Run.

Kiwiana Goes Pop, Vol. 2 - 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000000Z

70s Pop Essentials - 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Brave Sheep - 2014-12-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Kiwiana Goes Pop, Vol. 2: Another Truckload of Klassic Kiwiana - 2013-11-22T00:00:00.000000Z

South - 2013-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Genre - 2013-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Let's Sing in the Sunshine - 2012-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

She Sings and Plays - 2011-10-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Pacific Messages - 2009-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Shooting Stars Are Only Seen At Night - 1974-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Whispering Afraid - 1973-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Collection - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Philips New Zealand Singles Vol. 3 - 1968-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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