Celia Woodsmith

Celia Woodsmith

Celia Woodsmith (born in 1985 in Tryon, North Carolina) is a New England-based bluegrass, blues and folk musician.

Profile

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 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.

Discography

Avi & Celia

  • Off The Floor (2007)
  • Let It Rise (2008)

Hey Mama

  • Hey Mama (2009)
  • Dubl Handi Suite (2010)

Della Mae

  • I Built This Heart (2011)
  • This World Oft Can Be (Rounder Records, 2013)
  • Della Mae (Rounder Records, 2015)

Say Darling

  • Say Darling (2017)

As solo artist

  • Cast Iron Shoes (2018)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/vermont-expat-celia-woodsmith-returns-with-grammy-nominated-bluegrass-band-della-mae/Content?oid=2340720
  2. ↑ http://www.mmepr.com/shakedownnews/2016/06/interview-celia-woodsmith-della-mae/
  3. ↑ https://www.ibma.org/awards/recipient-history#emerging
  4. ↑ First-Time GRAMMY Nominee: Della Mae, Grammy.com, Retrieved 11 November 2016
  5. ↑ https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-11-16/della-mae-bluegrass-pakistan
  6. ↑ http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20170829/kitterys-celia-woodsmith-to-celebrate-say-darlings-new-ep
  7. ↑ https://bourgeoisguitars.net/community-artists/celia-woodsmith-della-mae/
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