[1] Morrison was born in Cambridge MA and grew up in Marin County, California, and was raised spending time in the separate homes of her parents, who had divorced when she was three years old.

She also worked weekends in the record shop of her paternal grandparents, George and Violet, after they moved to California from Northern Ireland when Morrison was a toddler.

After graduating with a business degree from Pepperdine University in 1993, she went on the road touring with her father and his band for a year.

Her first album, Caledonia, was released on her own Belfast Violet Records in 1998 and licensed for distribution by Monster Music in 1999.

Like her previous release, the new album is on the Belfast Violet label, with Jim Lauderdale contributing vocals for a duet on "He Won't Send Roses".