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malina las vegas , nv in 2009 moye performing at star of the desert arena 2004-present fender stratocaster -lsb- -rsb- , red distribution http://www.wcerecords.com wce records -rsb- , -lsb- http://www.brodydistributiongroup.com bdg solo_singer lead guitar , vocals rock b , neo soul , funk , blues-rock , pop rock , r & malina_moye . jpg malina moye
 malina moye singer-songwriter , musician , record label owner
malina moye

malina moye is an american singer-songwriter , lefty guitarist , and entrepreneur who fuses rock and soul .
fender guitars recognizes malina as one of their first african-american left-handed upside-down female endorsee to join the fender family .
she founded wce records in 2004 .
after releasing her single `` girlfriend '' and cross-marketing it with her new calendar `` spend 12 months with malina moye : hot fun in california sun , '' she caught the attention of critics alike , who dubbed malina a `` madonna-like ingénue of marketing '' .
this helped land her song , `` girlfriend '' , on the r&b hip-hop sales `` billboard '' listing at number 43 for one week .
recently , `` guitar world '' magazine named moye as one of the ten female guitarists in the world to know .
moye 's next single `` alone '' was released independently , peaking at number 10 on the billboard r&b hip-hop single sales chart , and remained on the chart for over twenty weeks .
the song also reached number 93 on the hot r&b airplay chart and number 27 on the billboard hot 100 .
she has appeared on national tv shows including `` weekends at the d.l. '' , `` emeril live '' and morning shows such as `` good morning chicago '' and `` showcase minnesota '' .
in 2007 , moye was featured in the uk documentary `` stratmaster : the greatest guitar story ever told '' , alongside guitar legends robert cray , mark knopfler , and jimi hendrix , moye has also been seen on the catwalk and on the silver screen .
with her unorthodox style and musicianship , moye received an invite to appear at the robert johnson blues festival as the only female singer , lefty guitarist on the roster , sharing the stage with last living blues legends david honeyboy edwards , hubert sumlin , and pinetop perkins .
in 2009 , moye opened for robin thicke and boyz ii men on several us dates .
along with playing at other notable festivals around the world , moye serves as an ambassador to hrh prince charles ' the prince 's trust , to which she donated her song `` hustler 's blues '' to the trust-supported , charitable wilberforce compilation record released on amd/universal music .
with a soft digital release in 2009 , moye released diamonds & guitars .
that fall malina was also a part of victoria secret 's `` life is pink '' campaign and sang the national anthem for more than 40,000 people at the petco park cubs vs. padres baseball game .
moye also received her own day and a proclamation from the mayor of her hometown for her musical contributions before performing at the rock and roll hall of fame and museum in cleveland honoring the late michael jackson .
in 2010 moye played the national anthem on the guitar at the sold-out vikings/cowboys game in front of 80,000 people , making history as the first african-american woman to play the anthem on electric guitar at a professional sports event .
also in 2010 , moye was named best dressed at the 52nd grammy awards , wearing an electric blue dress by kevan hall .
in 2011 , after playing the main stage at one of europe 's biggest rock festivals , bospop , moye headlined the west coast 's largest peace concert `` artists for peace '' with chaka khan , eric benet , and flora martirosian honoring the iconic stevie wonder for his musical lifetime achievements and promoting world peace .
in 2012 , moye voted by `` glamour magazine '' as one of the best dressed at the grammy awards .
also that year , she joined the experience hendrix tour as the only female guitarist with guitar greats such as eric johnson , robert randolph , eric gales , brad whitford , kenny wayne shepherd , and jonny lang to all honor jimi hendrix .
in the fall , moye made her second appearance at the rock and roll hall of fame as a featured artist for the institution 's tribute concert honoring chuck berry where she performed the legend 's song `` stop and listen '' to berry and his wife themetta `` toddy '' suggs in the audience .
the show also featured such prominent music icons as ernie isley , darryl mcdaniels -lrb- dmc -rrb- , steve jordan , lemmy kilmister , vernon reid , earl slick , merle haggard , and joe bonamassa to name a few .
in 2013 , moye signed a global marketing and distribution deal with brody distribution group -lrb- bdg -rrb- , distributed by red distribution -lrb- a division of sony music corp -rrb- .
in the summer , moye performed a successful european tour promoting the first single `` k-yotic '' featuring bootsy collins from her 2014 album `` rock & roll baby . ''
during the tour , moye honored the queen of england 's 60-year reign with her rendition of `` god save the queen '' at the goodwood festival of speed in west sussex , culminating in a royal flyover by the famed red arrows fighter jet squadron .
in 2014 , moye released rock & roll baby .
the first single `` k-yotic '' featured rock and roll hall of fame 's funk legend bootsy collins which billboard called `` explosive '' debuted on billboard twitter 140 chart at # 5 , and at # 11 on billboard 's hot singles sales chart .
guitar world stated that `` moye 's record is insanely good bringing a certain passion and feel to her guitar playing . ''
elmore magazine said `` moye demonstrates once again she can play with the best of them fusing rock , blues , funk and soul ... new ep indeed shows the influence of hendrix , while reaffirming her own unique sound . ''
wnku listed the record at # 9 on its -lsb- http://wnku.org/post/top-89-2014 top 89 albums of 2014 .
moye also appeared on the arsenio hall show playing her rock anthem `` a little rough '' to support the album .
in 2015 , moye appeared on the january cover of asia 's number one guitar magazine gitar plus which named her the `` queen of funk rock . ''
