Patti Smith wasn’t especially interested in “Gloria”, Van Morrison’s smouldering tale of lust from his days with the Belfast five-piece, Them. She was simply selecting three-chord songs that could be ...

Angels We Have Heard on High is a traditional Christmas hymn that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. The song is known for its joyful melody and the beautiful chorus “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” which ...

If you went to a Scottish primary school growing up, you'll no doubt remember sitting cross-legged in a gym hall floor learning hymns. Inevitably, a wooden piano would be wheeled out onto the stage ...

How do you say "in excelsis"? You know, Latin for "in the highest," like in "gloria in excelsis Deo" or "hosanna in excelsis," quotations from angels in songs we seem to hear a lot in December. Not ...

In June 1995, a virtually unknown group of Japanese musicians embarked on the monumental task of recording the complete sacred cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. Almost eighteen years later, on 23rd ...

The reissue, which can be pre-ordered now, will be available as a two-CD set and a two-LP vinyl collection. Both releases will feature a newly remastered version of the original album, and an extra ...