Missy Andersen Featuring Mercedes Moore & Sharifah Muhammad at Culver City City Hall-7pm-Free!! Reserved Seats $10

Summer breezes… an intimate courtyard… free parking… and great music. Escape to Culver City to Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival. This year Boulevard Music presents 6 free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7 pm from July 7 through August 11 in the palm-lined courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Become an entry level sponsor by purchasing one of the 100 premium reserved seats for sale at $10 each per show available at Boulevard Music. Tickets go on sale June 7. These summer concerts are produced by Gary Mandell of Boulevard Music. The Culver City City Hall Courtyard is located at 9770 Culver Blvd. in Downtown Culver City (corner Culver Blvd. and Duquesne Ave.). Parking is free for two hours with concert validation in designated structures in the Downtown area. The courtyard opens at 4:30 pm. No glass containers or alcoholic beverages may be brought into City Hall Courtyard. For more information, call 310-398-2583.

This week we present in concert Missy Andersen and her band. R&B or RnB, has meant many things since its beginning as a genre. From 40’s jazz & swing, 70’s funk, and 90’s contemporary hip hop and pop, R&B has had many faces as the genre evolved. Expand the abbreviation to its full name of Rhythm and Blues and one immediately thinks of the 50’s and 60’s when the genre was of a slick mix of Uptown blues, Memphis soul, and Southern gospel. This unique period is the songbook for an Evening of Rhythm & Soul with Missy Andersen featuring Mercedes Moore and Sharifah Muhammad. Showcasing soul classics and inspired originals, the dynamo three-o of blues belters, shouters, and foot-stompers promise to remind us what made the music so great. All accomplished singers with their own busy projects and able to command any stage alone, they’ll combine their powerful voices to perform the music that served as the soundtrack for some of the most significant events in American history. A nominee of the prestigious Blue Music Awards for Soul Blues Female Artist in 2015 and 2016, Missy Andersen oozes deep, Southern soul. Self-described as “earthy and organic,” her gospel-tinged vocals helped secure rave reviews for her sophomore album, In the Moment, and a yearend spot on Living Blues Top 50 of 2014. She and her guitarist/bandleader/husband, Heine, maintain a busy schedule touring and performing as a duo as well as a band. 

http://www.missyandersen.com

A frequent performer on national and international blues festival stages, Mercedes Moore captivates audiences with her sultry voice and elegant presence. A San Diego favorite, she and her band have developed a following for consistently delivering diverse and danceable rhythms inspired by 50’s and 60’s blues and soul. Whether it’s a soulful ballad or a playful, jump blues; three-time San Diego Music Award nominee, Mercedes Moore always delivers the goods with style and grace. 

http://www.mercedesmooreband.com

Recently featured in San Diego Troubadour, Sharifah Muhammad is a force that is cannot be denied. Her voice blends power, range, and emotion for a style that is uniquely hers – simultaneously contemporary, yet reminiscent of an earlier era. Lead singer of Sharifah and the Good Thing, her debut album, Real Soul-RnB, was nominated for Best Blues Album at the 2014 San Diego Music Awards and competed for best Self-Produced CD at the 2015 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. 

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Culver City’s Boulevard Music Festival is sponsored by The City of Culver City, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver Studios, Boulevard Music, John Riordan Plumbing, Culver City Volvo & Mazda, Palm Court, Hooman Chevrolet, D & E Associates, Swiss Motors, Combined Properties, Hillside Memorial Park, Gates Kingsley Gates, Crave Desserts, Bella Vista Pizza, Cavanaugh Realty, Public School 310, Culver Hotel, Courtyard Marriott, Michael Kayem Remax Estate Properties, Tower Insurance, Dolce Realtors, Sorrento Market, Southern California Hospital, Maxam Properties, Music Munchers, Dynagraphics, Culver City News, Culver City Observer, Steeldeck Inc, Eastman Strings, Kremona, Ohana, Ernie Ball, and more to be confirmed soon as sponsorships are still available. Your company name could be here.