She captures untainted emotion with her delicate vocals ... O'Connell's strength lies in her sweet voice and storytelling ability. ~ Singer Magazine, February 2005  Full Review

Taking cues from the great country singers Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris, O’Connell inhabits her songs with intimacy and grace and believability. ~ Geoff Bartley, Songwriter, Guitarist  Full Review

Your album is beautiful inside and out. Amazing for a debut recording, it would be a fine second or third recording. ~ Dave Palmater, Host, WUMB Folk Radio 91.9 fm, Boston MA

... if you worship at the church of the Carter Family you’ll bow down to this.  ... a sweet voice with backing music as timeless as the cicadas’ song. ~  David Cowling, americana-uk.com

… a beautiful, clear country voice … a solid, fine country album. ~ Bart Ebisch, Altcountry.nl  Full Review

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For anyone who has missed ‘real’ country music, here is a CD that will warm your heart. There are no extra fluffs of technical anything that distract the listener from her and her voice and those wonderful lyrics.  These songs don’t need dressing up; they're solid all by themselves.  ~ Robyne Fawx, Co-Host, Saturday Morning Folk Show, KDVS 90.3 fm Davis CA  Full Review

Durango Red is comprised of lovely ballads and beautiful waltzes, all from Tracy's pen. Her crystal clear and pure voice is achingly beautiful and has a strong country feel. ~ Nancy Harrowitz, Bluegrass Breakdown, newsletter of the Boston Bluegrass Union

Close your eyes and imagine - you are out in big sky country, sitting by a campfire, the moon is high, the air is fresh and clean - now open your ears and listen to the stunning voice of Tracy O'Connell setting the stars to sparkle and shine.  Durango Red reminds me of my favorite pair of jeans, comfortable & unpretentious; it'll stay in my CD player for a long time.  ~ Teri Canty, Host, New Moon Folk Club, Auburn MA

When I first heard Tracy O'Connell's voice, it was a fresh, Spring zephyr over a field of prairie flowers, pretty without pretensions...I'm not surprised she writes as sweet as she sings. Now you know. ~ John Schindler, Host, The Center for the Arts in Natick (TCAN) Open Mic

Durango Red is candy for the ear, warming to the heart, and healing to the soul... and besides, it also lowers blood pressure, massages aching muscles, and cures headaches. ~ Andrea Kronman, M.D.