Margo Cilker “ Tehachapi“ | THE TOMBOY SESSIONS

The Tomboy Sessions #10 features Margo Cilker, transatlantic country-folk, originally from the Bay Area. Margo Cilker apprenticed herself to the songwriter’s trade the old-fashioned way: get her heart broken in South Carolina, move to Spain and busk all over Europe a la Ramblin’ Jack, sing a duet on a Spanish Honky-Tonk band’s recording of an Ernest Tubb classic (“Nails in my Coffin,” with Dead Bronco), tour Europe with a band of Flatt-and-Scruggs-obsessed Englishmen, then return to her native California and milk cows on an organic farm in Petaluma. Cilker writes songs that philosophize hard work, heartbreak, and wanderlust with the reverence of a country music obsessive and the sharp-eyed clarity of one who was not born into country music but had to find it (and live it) for herself. Santa Cruz has a thriving local music scene, with great talent across genres. Diverse venues cater to local bands, and national acts love to stop for a show in the beautiful town. Mischa Gasch, owner of entertainmen