For a brief moment I thought I was going to be faced with a tough decision when it came to where to be on the night of October 3rd: do I go see singer-songwriter MoZella perform that night at a club in Hollywood, or do I go see singer-songwriter Curtis Peoples perform at a club in Hollywood? Hmm, can’t be in two places at once. Let’s see, Curtis is playing at Knitting Factory, and Mo is playing at…Knitting Factory. Duh. They’re performing on the same bill. Problem solved by realizing that there wasn’t one to begin with.
I came across both of these up-and-comers by accident. Back in November I was trolling MySpace looking for musicians I wanted to interview on iProng Radio and happened across MoZella about a week before her debut album was to be released (MySpace isn’t good for much these days but it’s still good for that). An email later and I’m interviewing Mo on her release date. I found Curtis when I went to a club a few days after I moved out here to see another artist on the bill that night. Wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense to have him on the show right now since he’s currently in the studio working on his new album, but we’ll get him on once it’s about to be released (sorry, I don’t have a release date for you).
Anyway they both delivered great sets last night, and while I was hoping they’d duet on something, I’ll settle for the fact that I got to hear tracks from Curtis’ new album and I finally got to hear MoZella sing “Irreplaceable” for the first time. They’re both in the iTunes Store if you want to check them out, and you should.
And sorry geeks, MoZella has had that nickname since she was a kid and therefore was definitely not named after the Mozilla web browser.
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