With an acoustic guitar accompanied by a powerful, soulful voice, Mason Jennings strives to… With an acoustic guitar accompanied by a powerful, soulful voice, Mason Jennings strives to sing the ultimate love song. Every song on his third album, Century Spring, sticks to the theme of pain that love brings, and it comes from the heart.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, but raised here in Pittsburgh, Jennings works to rid love songs of the cliched formula that pop culture and pop music have driven it toward.

Jennings is constantly touring, and has made his way across the United States as well as across the world, playing all over Europe and Australia. He has a knack for singing his songs with emotion that touches the senses while soothing the soul.

“Living in the Moment” is a great song about living for now with the ones that you love: “All our lives will be recorded and replayed again/One day it hit me this ain’t a movie/Now I’m living in the moment with the friends I love.”

“Sorry Signs on Cash Machines” is a sweet love song. “I know true love don’t love like anybody else/I know your heart don’t beat like anybody else.” “New York City” is a song that feeds on the life of New York; the city and its entities fuel the upbeat song.

“Bullet” is a different twist in the album. It picks up pace a little more than the love songs; it’s actually more of an anti-love song, with lines like “You’re not Cinderella, so don’t forget your shoes/I’ve never been as lonely as when I was with you.”

With a fun side as well as a driving emotional force behind his music, Mason Jennings takes on the intimate setting of Club Cafe tonight for a bittersweet evening of beautiful music.

Mason Jennings and Joey Murphy will play Club Cafe in the South Side tonight at 10:30 p.m. Tickets for the 21-and-over show are $12. For more information, call (412) 431-4950.