Brent Hallenback's review <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110811/ENT/110810031/-1/ARTS/Maryse-Smith-s-rise-continues-Grand-Point-North">leading up to the show</a> 

<blockquote>Yurco was part of the Rosesmiths’ show in late July at The Monkey House in Winooski. His more aggressive sound with the Nocturnals grew more restrained and melodic, with occasional bursts of wildness, for Smith’s more delicate yet direct songs. Her voice has a subtle, almost atonal harshness that only helps to highlight the vulnerability revealed by her lyrics (“Your lips upon my lips/I don’t think I found my way/But I like to feel this”). Her acoustic-guitar accompaniment gives her sound a jangly country clarity that might explain why Yurco draws comparisons with Patsy Cline when describing Smith’s music.</blockquote>

and <a href="http://blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/brent/2011/08/15/grace-potter-kenny-chesney-only-one-highlight-of-gpn-fest/">afterwards</a>

<blockquote>once again Grace Potter and the Nocturnals guitarist Benny Yurco sat in and carried Smith’s evocative songs into an even more evocative place; he must have worn out the whammy bar with some of his more energetic riffs. Smith is the best songwriter Vermont has produced since Anais Mitchell (who put on her own strong set Sunday with the Hadestown Orchestra), and seems primed to only get better.</blockquote>

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I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm a big fan of Maryse's and I think she's on a big upward trajectory. 



