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Gabi Gamberg loves Santa Fe.

They have visited the City Different but have never performed there until now. Gamberg is bringing their musical project, Daffo, to Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery in Santa Fe on Tuesday, Oct. 29. They will be opening for the Illuminati Hotties as part of the 鈥淐an鈥檛 Be Still Tour.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檝e never performed in New Mexico, but I鈥檝e been to Santa Fe three times,鈥� they said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like, one of my favorites, I would say, like my favorite place in the country ... And the thing about Santa Fe is it smells so good. It smells like pi帽on, and everything is so beautiful, and the energy is just so good.鈥�

Daffo recently released a new song called 鈥淕et A Life.鈥� Around this time last year, it released 鈥淧est鈥� and a couple of years before that it released 鈥淐risis Kit.鈥� It would seem that the writing process is a constant flow of creativity, but that was not the case for Gamberg. 鈥淕et A Life鈥� was written after they suffered a creative dry spell.

鈥淚 actually wrote it at a Buddhist monastery in upstate New York, on Blue Cliff Monastery,鈥� Gamberg said. 鈥淚 was there for a meditation retreat with my mom and I was having a really tough time writing for a long time. I had a horrible writer鈥檚 block and I wasn鈥檛 really being very present in my life. And I was very frustrated because I was at a place where everybody was meditating and everybody was learning about mindfulness, and I was just like, god, I need to just be present and enjoy my life and it鈥檚 hard. So it鈥檚 kind of like (the) song, is almost like a message to myself just to be present. But it also has a little bit of frustration in it as well.鈥�

Putting out their personal challenges out into the world for everyone to hear can feel odd at times for Gamberg.

鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely strange,鈥� they said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been writing songs for a long time, and honestly, since I can remember, and for most of my life, it鈥檚 been a very personal thing. It鈥檚 been something that I use to express myself and kind of figure out how I鈥檓 feeling. And sharing it at first was very scary, but now it just adds a whole new dimension to the song.鈥�

Gamberg has received feedback from fans on how their songs have impacted them.

鈥淭he way that people interpret the music is unique to every person,鈥� they said. 鈥淚 think that鈥檚 really beautiful and it makes me feel very seen. I鈥檝e gotten a couple messages from people that are telling me how much my music affects them and it just makes it so much more worth it when it鈥檚 more than just for yourself.鈥�

The Brooklyn-based artist signed to Concord Records this year and has reimagined some of their earlier work including the breakout hit, 鈥淧oor Madeline鈥� that features the Portland, Oregon-based folk artist Searows.

鈥�(The label) asked me to do some new versions of some of the things on 鈥楶est鈥� so that they could kind of push the record a little bit more since I released it independently, originally,鈥� they explained. 鈥淚 had just opened for Searows in New York and I鈥檝e totally fallen in love with their voice.鈥�

The feeling is mutual and Alec Duckart, whose project is Searows, said he loved the song.

鈥淚 was like, it would be so cool to sing with Alec and make a new version of this, especially since I wrote it so long ago,鈥� Gamberg said of 鈥淧est.鈥� 鈥淚 wrote it when I was 17. I feel like I wanted to give a new life to it so that I could kind of appreciate it as I am today. And so I worked with Philip Weinrobe, the producer, and we recorded everything live, except for the vocals that Alec did on top. So the guitar, my vocals, the violin and the pedal steel and the piano, were all live together in one room. And it was just such a cool experience. I definitely feel like capturing that specific performance of it was really special.鈥�