Celia Woodsmith (born in 1985 in Tryon, North Carolina) is a New England-based bluegrass, blues and folk musician.
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Woodsmith attended the University of Vermont from 2003 to 2007, where, with Avi Salloway, she began performing as the folk duo Avi & Celia. From 2008-2010 she was part of the Boston-based "washboard rock n' roll" group Hey Mama.[1]
From 2011 onwards, Woodsmith, was the lead singer, rhythm guitar player and songwriter for Della Mae.[2] In 2013, Della Mae won the International Bluegrass Music Association's Emerging Artist of the Year award[3] in 2013 and was nominated for a best bluegrass album at the 56th Grammy Awards.[4] Della Mae has worked with the US Department of State as cultural diplomats and, as such, in 2012 travelled to Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[5]
Woodsmith was a founding member of the Boston rock band Say Darling, co-founded with Chris Hersch the former guitar player for Girls, Guns and Glory in 2016.[6]
She plays an Aged Tone OM Bourgeois guitar [7] made in Maine by Dana Bourgeois.