“...MacDonald’s haunting vocal tapestries have the same passionate intensity as Qawwali music. She plums the spiritual depths with her mystical voice, blending it with modern swashes of electronica, guitar and keyboard. She turns a kaleidoscope that revolves around the listener in sultry polyrhythms and ghostly vocal gymnastics.”
- Chapters

“She’s all pulse-driven innovation. Her sound is an eclectic mix of styles, timbres, instrumentation. Imagine Joan Armatrading singing under a disco ball in a candlelit cathedral.” 
- Jennifer Leonard, Toronto Life Fashion

“Albums such as this wave a ‘come hither’ finger from the first song and by the time you've reached the ninth you realize you actually passed through it like a ghost...Laurel MacDonald sounds like the kind of woman who, in ancient Salem, might have been a candidate for witch burning except for her ability to calm and beguile her accusers.”
- Frank Peebles, The Prince George Free Press

“I can hardly get enough of Chroma not only for the beautiful textures, intriguing arrangements, and MacDonald’s superb and intelligently used voice, but also because I keep hoping to decode what’s going on.”
- Bob Tarte, The Beat

“...exquisite, windswept...MacDonald is redefining Canadian Celtic music.” 
- Nicholas Jennings, Maclean’s

“...a soaring, multi-textured, mysterious mix... merges intelligence with intensity, melody with ambiance and universality of vision.”
- Dwight Loop, earwåves

Òran Na h-Eala

Haunting the periphery of the Canadian music and media art scene for about two decades, Toronto-based singer, composer and video artist Laurel MacDonald has released several critically acclaimed CDs, each produced by her creative partner Phil Strong. This body of work features Strong’s distinctive sonic signature and MacDonald’s otherworldly vocals.