Biography

Flipping a Fender Stratocaster upside-down, or rocking a Gibson flying V, acclaimed singer, songwriter, inspiring change agent, and lefty guitarist Malina Moye is lauded as a musical pioneer and one of the world's top guitarists to know by Guitar World Magazine. Her latest genre defying release "Bad As I Wanna Be", reached number 1 for 2 weeks on Billboard Blues Chart, Moye encompasses a gumbo of Funk, Rock and Soul.Her sophomore record Rock & Roll Baby was released in late 2014 and set social media on fire with the funk-rock anthem Kyotic, featuring Bootsy Collins which debuted at the top of the Billboard Twitter 140 chart at number 5. In 2011, Moye's LP Diamonds & Guitars spawned two Billboard-charting songs Girlfriend (no. 48) which also appeared in an episode of MTV “The Hills” and Alone, which landed on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at no. 93 and stayed on the chart for over six weeks. Alone then remained in the top 10 for over 15 weeks on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Moye made history as the first African-American woman to play the National Anthem on guitar at a professional sporting event, all the way to performing at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tribute concert for music pioneer Chuck Berry. And recently, Malina honored the Queen of England by playing "God Save the Queen" at the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the Queen's sixty-year jubilee.