Shanna in a Dress

Shanna in a Dress is your quirky best friend who says what everyone has felt but no one else will say. You’ll get an uncensored journey of clever humor and heartbreak, extreme candor, and a hefty side of entertainment. Think John Prine mixed with Ingrid Michaelson with a twist of Phoebe Buffay from Friends all wrapped up in a sweet voice accented by guitar, piano, and ukulele. She’s as real as it gets, as anyone who follows her on FB or Instagram knows. 

You can’t get the same Shanna in a Dress show twice with her spontaneous banter and playful stage presence. This witty wordsmith is known for taking you on an emotional roller coaster, sometimes within the same song. She manages to teeter the line masterfully of taking on complex subject matters with smart, bold, and yet accessible lyrics. 

Shanna started her career at the University of Virginia. She now keeps her fun music flowing out of Nashville unless she’s touring the US or Europe. In 2020, Shanna was a winner in the Kerrville New Folk competition, winner of the Great River Folk Fest Song Competition, a finalist at Songwriter Serenade, and a Grassy Hill Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. During the summer of 2021, Shanna bicycled from Seattle to Boston while music-touring on her epic “Tour de Dress,” playing over 60 shows from coast to coast and partnering up with the global non-profit Pangaea World Foundation.  In May 2022, her debut record “Robot” was released after a wildly successful crowdfunded campaign. She has most recently been seen gracing the stages of Kerrville Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Black Bear Americana Fest, Great River Folk Fest, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Tom Prasada-Rao calls her “Kerrville’s fastest rising star” and she’s certainly delightfully unique and is one to watch in the future.  Shanna just finished her second album, Sweet Spot scheduled for release in November of 2025.

Unless she’s touring the US or Europe, Shanna now keeps her fun music flowing out of Nashville.