Pete Laffin & Tim Haufe at The Burnt Toast
by: Daniel Dissinger
The Burnt Toast has become the center for all local art, music, and poetry since the closing of Albums on Hill Bistro. On August 1st, The Burnt Toast restaurant was proud to present the music of Pete Laffin and Tim Haufe. Pete and Tim are from New York, Poughkeepsie to be exact. They’ve been playing together for some time now, which made this performance extra special.
In 2007, Pete Laffin released his album The Still Point of the Turning World. To quote from Brendan Hamilton’s review, “The Still Point of the Turning World captures a perfect blend of sound and space, of rawness and harmony; it is, quite simply, a profoundly human work”. It seems that some of today’s contemporary songwriters–once stripped of all the glitz and electronic illusion– become nothing but another space in a room. Pete Laffin is that exception. His live performance complements the albums quiet and subtle playfulness with desire and melancholy. There is an honesty one can capture from Pete Laffin as he sings, not to you but for you. Pete Laffin is a humble artist, which allows him the space he requires to be, at full volume, enormous. Continue Reading »
