River Road Coffeehouse on 21st Street in Newark will host Age Old Stationery Monday, July 27 from 7 to 8:30 PM.

2009 rolls around and finds Age Old Stationery embracing a more edgy sound and approach to music. With slow, bluesy, piano driven melodies and a fresh modern edge that draws from many diverse influences they seem more confident with their own original sound.

Kassi Brown and Ellen Coplin have been performing together since late 2006 and are presently on a tour of coffeehouses throughout Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. “We want to present music that is not your stereotypical Christian music. We want to give people music that is well written and performed: music that is appealing to listen to and well done. At the same time that is not the end goal by any means. We want our music to reach into the hearts of our listeners.”

Check out their music at  www.myspace.com/ageoldstationery

Steven K. Smith will perform on the mountain dulcimer at our Newark coffeehouse on Friday, July 17 from 7 to 9 pm. He is a regular performer at the Ohio Renaissance Festival, and a past Mid East regional champion on the mountain dulcimer. His playing covers everything from traditional folk to European Classical music, Celtic tunes to the blues. He has four CD’s published, and is included in the Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer collection, volume 2. Check out his website at http://www.sksmithmusic.com.

River Road Coffeehouse in Newark on 21st Street will proudly host the Word of Mouth Jazz Trio on Tuesday night, July 7 from 7 to 9 pm.  Ben Thomas on guitar, Rob Flax on violin and Ben Jones on bass wil perform jazz selections. Ben and Ben performed late last year at the coffeehouse and received a great response from folks who attended.  The addition of the violin to the trio is sure to make this a hugely enjoyable evening.