Back before the first <a href="http://www.grandpointnorth.com/">Grand Point North</a> festival I'd been spending lots of my drive time listening to some great tunes from Maryse Smith. Benny Yurco had been sitting in on guitar from time to time and we feel in love with the odd rhythms of Maryse's wordplay. Today marks the release of Maryse's next record and we can truly say that we love it as much - well, possibly more than the first one. Benny is back on guitar, Ryan Power and others add multiple layers of instruments. I know I'll be digging this for a long time.

You can't imagine how much of a difference a purchase for an independent musician makes so really, I encourage you to head over to <a href="http://marysesmith.bandcamp.com/">Maryse's page on Bandcamp</a> and make it happen.  I think back to speaking with Maryse at length during a house concert last November in Brattleboro, VT about the struggle to make music and be heard. Yeah, most of us are here for GPN but I don't think it's much of a stretch to say everyone in that band would really appreciate you sending some love Maryse's way. 

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That early show at Grand Point North garnered the following from Brett Hallenbeck
