Planefolk is the solo singer songwriter project for Asheville North Carolina native Kevin Smith. Smith draws inspiration from the sights and sounds he grew up with in the mountains of Western North Carolina, weaving stories of life, love, loss and leaving. Smith grew up with a knack for storytelling and poetry and combined this with a newfound passion for guitar in his early twenties. He began playing guitar around the same time he was turned on to the music and song writing of John Prine and soon began his own foray into the craft. The music scene in Asheville and the surrounding area is rich with talented song writers like Amanda Anne Platt of the Honeycutters who says of Smith,

“Kevin Smith is one of my favorite songwriters, as well as being one of my favorite people. He has that rare ability to write a song that makes you laugh, and then cry, and then laugh again. He’s the genuine article. “