Ancient musical form is added to list of “intangible cultural heritage.”The United Nations has recognized Byzantine chant as a treasure of intangible cultural heritage. UNESCO, the U.N.’s culture ...

What does it sound like when angels sing? Monks in Byzantium said it was the gently pulsing rhythms, uplifting melodies and resonating harmonies of liturgical chants floating through the corridors, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discover an unexpected musical encounter. A priest blends the spirituality of the Byzantine tradition with the power of electric ...

Since its founding in 1991, Cappella Romana has staked out territory hardly touched by anyone else, making an arc from little known vocal music of Byzantium to Russia to the modern world that follows ...

Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Ayia Napa (Cyprus) (AFP) – Chanting resonates through a church in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa, darkened but for a few low lights and mobile devices displaying the singers' Byzantine melodies.

Not a fan of today's over-sexualized, pyrotechnic-laden popular music performances? For those of you longing for the music of a simpler—but nonetheless glorious—age, come on out to the Freer where you ...

Discover an unexpected musical encounter. A priest blends the spirituality of the Byzantine tradition with the power of electric sound, playing a fretless guitar tuned like an oud. Massie files ...