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Moji

Moji — artist photograph
Courtesy photo / CultureMap Houston

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018 · documented 2014–2016

Moji developed in Houston after vocalist Moji Abiola and drummer David Garcia began working together in late 2013, later joined by guitarist Troy Craegh. The group’s music brought rock songwriting into contact with blues and jazz improvisation, leaving room for the voice and instruments to respond to one another in performance. A 2015 appearance at Cactus Music documented the ensemble within Houston’s independent listening and record-store community. Moji’s early work reflects the city’s tradition of musicians moving across genre boundaries through small ensembles and collaborative live performance.

Biography sources (1)
  1. Moji in performance at Cactus Music - CultureMap Houston · houston.culturemap.com · accessed 2026-09-24

External sources are cited for reference only and are not Free Press Houston holdings or affiliates.

Poster for Free Press Summer Fest 2015, an event Moji played
Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2015, an edition the act played. 2015 lineup-release poster, 18×24, May 2015. Artwork: Kiffer Keegan. Free Press Houston Archive holding.

One appearance documented on a Free Press Houston bill. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018

Houston provenance
“Profiled in the Free Press Houston series “Getting To Know The FPSF Locals: Moji”.”
Getting To Know The FPSF Locals: Moji, David Garrick · 2015-04-16
Evidence
28 archive articles name the act · 26 by David Garrick
Confidence
high
“These spacey notes are seasoned with Moji’s emotionally tense vocals, that give the song a completely exotic feel.”
David Garrick, Local Love: Moji · 2015-06-05

Local booking provenance

Organizer provenance supplied to the archive by Omar Afra; not independent third-party verification.

Registry acts on the same bills and pages

Other held flyers, posters and schedules

  • Held artifact, Free Press Summer Fest 2015

    Free Press Summer Fest 2015

  • Held artifact, Free Press Summer Fest 2015

    Free Press Summer Fest 2015

Appearances

Free Press Summer Fest 2015
Venue
NRG Park, Yellow Lot
Date
2015
Stage
—
Set time
—
Evidence
Lineup row held for Free Press Summer Fest 2015, source fpsf-dev-2015-site.

Documentary evidence

Moji, from the Free Press Houston article “Getting To Know The FPSF Locals: Moji”
Portrait — not event-specific. Moji, from the Free Press Houston article “Getting To Know The FPSF Locals: Moji”. Free Press Houston archive image (photographer not stated), 2015. Archive-held image; rights status not separately stated.. Free Press Houston Archive. Sourced from an existing Free Press Houston archive article; not asserted as event-specific evidence.

Credits are recorded from each object’s own source. If a credit here is incomplete or wrong, see photo and video credits.

Related Free Press Houston coverage

Archive articles that name Moji. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.

Adjacent records