Woodsmith is 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.[5]
Celia Woodsmith went to Hanover High School, in Hanover, New Hampshire, and graduated class of 2003. Her father, Frank Woods, died when she was 25 of Glioblastoma Multiforme, a type of brain Cancer. Her mother, Sybil Smith, is a poet and writer who lives in Norwich, Vermont.[7][8]
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 to 2010 she was part of the Boston-based "washboard rock n' roll" group Hey Mama.[9]