SOLESMES, France -- One of the tasks of Roger Server as mayor of this quaint village is to console misguided tourists who want to hear the monks in its 11th-century monastery singing in Gregorian ...

(RNS) If you loved the music of the Benedictine monks of Norcia in Italy -- and the Billboard charts say millions do -- then you'll love their beer, now available for purchase in the U.S. (RNS) The ...

Talk about your golden oldies: The surprise hit on the pop charts is a CD reissue of music that is 1,500 years old. On March 15, Angel Records released an album of Gregorian chants performed by monks ...

Mention “musical monks” to most people, and what they usually think of are Benedictine Friars singing Gregorian chants. But Catholicism isn’t the only faith with a monastic music tradition; Buddhist ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria -- Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That's how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...

The monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria sing ancient Gregorian chants in their 12th-century church — and then post them to YouTube. Their technological savvy landed them a record deal, and now ...

As noon draws near, the monks glide into the church, their white cowls billowing behind them. They line up in silence, facing one another in long choir stalls. Wood carvings of saints peer down on ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, AUSTRIA — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That’s how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...

It isn't every day that Catholic monks find themselves on the pop charts. Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, whose CD of ...

“You have to understand, we are monks, not rock stars.” Those are the words of an unnamed representative of the Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos, widely quoted in an Associated Press ...

A motley crew that used to travel the country crooning ’50s and ’60s songs has since made vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Hoping to ride on the coattails of the hugely successful Chant CD by ...

The velvet-draped singers will perform a rendition of famous hits for their UAE debut In theory it should never have worked. Seven monks dressed in crushed velvet, performing songs by Madonna, U2 and ...