(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 ...

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 ...

The Gregorian chant, best known as the solemn music sung by robed monks of old, is enjoying a 21st-century revival — and the Twin Cities are at the heart of it this week. Experts and students of the ...

To celebrate this week’s historic state visit from Pope Benedict XVI, the Sunday Telegraph invites readers to download a special recording of soothing Gregorian chant from The Nuns of Avignon. 10 ...

The Gregorian chant has found a new audience amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life. Written for the church, Gregorian chant is entirely vocal, without harmony or accompaniment. The simple and ...

Existing for over a thousand years and still practised today, Gregorian chant is one of the most sophisticated forms of sacred music. It is not only the chant of the Church, but also the chant of the ...

Gregorian chant has persisted for more than a thousand years, but some fear the haunting melodies are in danger of fading away. That is, unless Stanford Professor William Mahrt has a voice in the ...

Edward Lally has loved traditional liturgical music ever since he attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago in the 1960s. He did not continue on to the priesthood, but his passion for early ...

Music can help with meditation by tapping into emotions as well as helping with concentration, reports CLODAGH MULVEY, CRASHING WAVES subsiding into still pools of water, the tide lapping at the shore ...