Music Box:Coffee East provides intimate venue

A new concert venue which recently opened in the back of Coffee East in Eastport is attracting talent from across the nation to perform in an intimate setting.

For a long time, I had the feeling that such a concert hall would be developed at 49 West Coffee House in Annapolis.

There was talk about an expansion that would allow for an audience of about 100 guests, but logistics for the remodel were perhaps a bit too tricky. There is a small venue for national acts in Vienna, Va., a place called Jammin' Java.

With the expansion to around 300 seats of Rams Head On Stage, there needs to be a place for solo acoustic and...