Flora E. Molton (née Rollins; March 12, 1908 – May 31, 1990) was a street singer and slide guitar player who performed gospel and blues music in Washington, D.C., from the 1940s to shortly before her death.

Her father was a minister, and she was influenced early by her religious upbringing and by blues musicians such as Bessie Smith.

Molton did not make scheduled performances until 1963, when she met a musician named Ed Morris, who helped her to arrange gigs at music festivals and other venues.

She appeared at events such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, performed at the Library of Congress, and went on a tour of Europe in 1987.

[4] While she listened to blues singers like Bessie Smith and Sippie Wallace as a child, she also learned the accordion, the instrument her father played.

[4] In 1937, looking for work, she moved to Washington, D.C., where her brother, Robert Rollins, had begun pastoring the Florida Avenue Baptist Church.

Molton sometimes attracted the attention of law enforcement, who did not want her performing on the street, but the police stopped bothering her in the mid-1960s.

Molton fingered three to four strings at a time and played thirds and sevenths together, producing what Reagon called "a chordal wail with a buzz effect, a quality present in traditional African music.

"[4] Ethnomusicologist Mark Puryear said that Molton's songs did not correspond to a typical harmonic blues progression.

Commenting on Molton's independence in spite of her vision problems, Phil Wiggins described her as "nobody's victim".

[1] In the 1950s, Molton completed a job training program with LightHouse for the Blind, and she tried to find employment outside of street singing.

"[4] A short documentary film about Molton, Spirit and Truth Music, was made by Edward Tim Lewis of Howard University.

[1][13] Molton is one of eight women honored by the Downtown DC Business Improvement District on a project that converted unused emergency call boxes into historical markers.

[8] In 1963, Molton met a white guitar player, Ed Morris, who liked her music and began playing with her at her home.

Morris began helping her book appearances at local venues and at events such as the 1967 Philadelphia Folk Festival.

Molton often played at locales associated with the American folk music revival, such as the Ontario Place Coffee House in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood.

[6] In 1978, the Truth Band drove down to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival without a booked gig and convinced the organizers to let them play.

[5] The Truth Band was recorded at Molton's home for an album titled Living Country Blues USA, Vol.