Musicianship: Obviously well rehearsed and committed to the material, these technically impressive players do a masterful job of presenting Bradley’s musical vision. Kloepel’s squeaky-clean running scales are reinforced by Anisonyan’s tasteful reverb-laced rhythm lines. The band’s style of guitar trade-offs is always rooted in bassist Wallace’s performance as he works methodically back and forth between lead
guitar solos and rhythm guitar interchanges. Bradley’s semi-operatic vocals range from the evocative to the angelic. A self-taught pianist, she handles some very complicated chord patterns, which lay a solid foundation for the two-guitar motif of the band. Plumb’s frenetic drumming tempo and energy in the style of Ginger Baker and John Bonham.

Performance: If Bradley hadn’t informed the crowd that this was the band’s debut performance, no one would have noticed. The set was nearly perfect in both musicianship and delivery. Providing just the right amount of dramatic effect, Bradley introduced each song with a back story and donned a masquerade mask during her CD title track “Bleed,” which added a rich theatrical dimension and a playful unpredictability to the set. Bradley was clearly at home on stage, and her enthusiasm,
sultry allure and captivating confidence quickly engaged this early, opening act crowd.

Summary: Laura Bradley is an accomplishedcomposer and a sophisticated performer. Her
risk-taking lyrical story lines, combined with stellar musicianship and a spellbinding stage presence, make for an outstanding live show. Unafraid to stray from the familiar formula, Laura Bradley and the Longing are creating aural art at its best.

——Lisa Elaine Scott

Source: http://musicconnection.com/digital/index.php?page=52

Music Connection Publication Issue March 2011, Page 52

Music Connection Magazine reviewer, Lisa Elaine Scott writes, “Laura is an accomplished composer and a sophisticated performer.  Her risk-taking lyrical story lines, combined with stellar musicianship and a spellbinding stage presence, make for an outstanding live show.  Unafraid to stray from the familiar formula, Laura Bradley and the Longing are creating aural art at its best.”

Lavish in production, arranged and executed with excellence, LAURA BRADLEY’s Storm is a progressive journey into orchestrated pop and textured classic rock sounds. Born in Toronto, Canada, LAURA BRADLEY resides comfortably in both Miami and Los Angeles when not on tour. Her music dives into the oceans of love, bliss, loss and hopeful romantic redemption.

Lyrically, this is poetry with great depth in content, sharing wisdoms and vulnerabilities of womanhood and relationships. LAURA BRADLEY’s voice mesmerizes and soothes with each song moving you closer to the understanding of true, real love. On the emotionally driven track, “Skin”, LAURA BRADLEY’s muse cries out “And I would trade it all * For one more night of bliss * I’m begging God again * And shaking both my fists * And I’m still drowning in your skin * And tasting from your lips * I’m not sure that I know how * To handle this”… or the bare naked soul shaking “Reason” – where we hear “For every reason * I give you * To give up on me * You give me one more reason to believe * For every reason * I give you * To give up on me * Ohh Ohh you give me reason” and the music pushes you forward, inward, outward and through various layers of sounds.

Listening to Laura sing is like sitting near a warm fire on a Sunday evening after a beautiful weekend with your favorite friend or lover, watching the crackling flames, being at peace, knowing you’re in a safe place and able to ride through any Storm… If you enjoy full on production, solid rhythm tracks and a voice of sultry, bluesy, yet other-worldly haunting emotions, Laura Bradley’s Storm needs to be in your collection. Toni K. http://www.songsalive.org/losangeles

Laura has performed the Canadian and American national anthems at many sporting events in the US for professional sports teams from both sides of the border.

“Her forceful presentation of the anthem got her in trouble in Miami where, after being invited to sing the US and Canadian national anthems for several Miami Heat games against the Toronto Raptors, she was cut from the action, reportedly by Heat coach Pat Riley, who was concerned that her stirring performances were just a bit too inspirational for the visiting Raptors and perhaps fueling then on to play with greater nationalist determination!” Seth Gordon, Miami publicist

Headline: Retiring Newmarket Mayor To Be Honored With Laura Bradley’s “O Canada” Tribute producer says singer-songwriter’s rendition is “hands down my favorite.” Brent Leach, friend and colleague of Tom Taylor, Mayor of the town of Newmarket in Ontario, will use Laura Bradley’s stirring version of “O Canada” as part of a video tribute to Taylor, who is retiring. “I’ve heard a lot of moving renditions of the anthem, but Laura’s is hands down my favorite,” says Leach.