Peter Frampton's latest release has an unusual background - Ballet. In April 2013 the Cincinnati Ballet performed two segments to some of Peter Frampton's music before doing a third segment to new music from Peter Frampton, with Frampton and his band performing live for all three segments. That new music is now being released asPeter Frampton's latest release has an unusual background – Ballet. In April 2013 the Cincinnati Ballet performed two segments to some of Peter Frampton's music before doing a third segment to new music from Peter Frampton, with Frampton and his band performing live for all three segments. That new music is now being released as an mini album, Hummingbird in a box. As the new music was written specially for the ballet then I wasn't surprised to find it's not heavy rock but is more soft and melodic. The music is built around some beautiful guitar part which is often quite intricate and which sounds beautiful. Throw in Peter Frampton's vocals and the result is seven songs that are all beautiful to listen to. While title track "Hummingbird in a box" uses acoustic guitar and is a soft melodic track, "The one in 901″ switches to electric guitar and has its roots firmly in the rock camp. It's not an all-out rock song though, but the drumming and the electric guitar parts do give the song a stronger harder edge than the previous song, until two thirds of the way through when the soft vocals give it an almost Pink [...]
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