Every generation since the beginning of recorded music discovers Gregorian Chant. The most recent (re)discovery was in the mid-1990s with the phenomenally successful Chant CDs from The Benedictine ...

They are an unlikely set of musical stars. They live in a rural farming community on the Great Plains. They don't give concerts or use instrumental accompaniment. And they sing in a language that hasn ...

(RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD, "Benedicta," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10). Why does chant have such a secular appeal? (RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD by a ...

In 1989, Frank Peterson walked through the San Lorenzo de El Escorial monastery outside Madrid toting his Walkman, drum music playing from his headphones. At the same time, a very different kind of ...

A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, made it debut on Billboard’s classical-music chart at No. 1 last week. The album, Benedicta, was also the top overall seller ...

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GOWER, Mo. — Eight times a day, a group of nuns files into a chapel in their rural Missouri monastery to chant and worship. Quite unexpectedly, the private, prayerful pursuit has made the Benedictines ...

How’s this for technological progress? A religious group uploaded its performance video into YouTube and got a recording deal. You might say that something like that happens all the time. Journey’s ...

A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's classical music chart last week. The album, "Benedicta," was also the top overall seller at ...