Inspired by genre-defying artists such as Lionel Richie, Adele, Chris Stapleton, Kelly Clarkson and Linda Ronstadt, Moten has the hard-earned confidence to follow her musical instincts, no matter where they lead. “It was always a problem when record labels wanted you to pick a genre because I love singing different genres,” she says. “I didn’t want to be labeled as one thing or the other. What I have learned is that is who I am. I grew up watching Hee Haw and Soul Train. I love them both, I am not one or the other.”
Persistence has been her superpower as she has successfully weathered the fickle music business for the last 30 years. For too much of that time, she was encouraged to be something other than what she was.