Sky News — The Pope is celebrating Mass at Westminster Cathedral on the third day of his tour of Great Britain. more info

Guardian Music — Bradenstoke Hall, St Donat's/St Augustine's Church, PenarthOver the years, the music of Arvo Pärt has claimed a special place in the Vale of Glamorgan festival. The relationship was cemented when he made his first visit in 1996, and Pärt has reaff... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Find more videos like this on Edwyn Collins (including a couple of live clips I've filmed and submitted to the site, and a VHS clip that I had from an old Scottish Television show that Frankie kindly converted and sent in)Similar to the fabulous Keep... more info

Guardian Music — (Hyperion)The quality of any cathedral choir is governed by the standard of its trebles; they come and go so rapidly as the years pass and their voices break that to maintain a consistently high level is every choirmaster's headache. Wells is current... more info

L.A. Times - News — The ancient and storied relic, now a gray lump that's all but ignored, might have been an altar to the goddess Diana or part of a monument erected by the Romans.It isn't much to look at: a gray lump of rock behind an ugly metal grill, attached to an ... more info

Guardian Music — Gloucester CathedralThe composer and poet Ivor Gurney was born in Gloucester, sang in its cathedral choir as a boy, and left the city to study at the Royal College of Music and then to fight on the western front. It was there, too, that in 1922 he wa... more info

The Telegraph — Purely local feelings were left far behind at the Three Choirs Festival. Rating: * * * * more info

Thrash Hits — Brit doomsters, Cathedral, stepped in when Behemoth were forced to pull out due to Nergal’s health problems. As much as we miss Bhemoth and wish Nergal the speediest of recoveries, we couldn’t have wished for a better replacement. Bloodstock, onc... more info

Guardian Music — Gloucester CathedralAs its title suggests, John Joubert's new choral work, the most substantial premiere at this year's Three Choirs festival, is unapologetically modelled on Brahms's German Requiem. It is similarly scored for soprano and baritone so... more info

Guardian Music — Gloucester CathedralNo matter that the £20 notes bearing his face have been withdrawn from circulation, Edward Elgar still reigns supreme at the Three Choirs festival. Adrian Partington, in his first stint as artistic director at Gloucester, reinfor... more info