An unlikely group has issued an invitation to Amy Winehouse, offering the troubled vocaliser shelter. It's not a rock band, the Church of Scientology, Narcotics Anonymous or regular a Saudi Arabian homage. No, Winehouse's unlikely supporters are a group of Austrian monks.
The Cistercian Monks Of Stift Heiligenkreuz are based in Vienna, Austria, and they are a little apprehensive about poor Amy. She certainly has a prissy voice, only she doesn't seem to be doing too well. So the brothers would like to bring her over for some sedate, pious R&R.
"For 10 minutes I liked [Back to Black, Winehouse's 2006 album]," Brother Johannes Paul Chavanne explained to the Daily Telegraph. "But when I read the lyrics I thought it was sad. I would like to invite her here - I feel sympathetic to people care her. She could persist a hebdomad or deuce and discuss the big questions of life - faith power be an answer for her."
These monks for certain seem to be on the right track. Their own recent album � a recording of Gregorian chants called Chant: Music for Paradise - topped the charts in Austria and made the UK's Top 10. And their connection to Winehouse runs deeper than general human empathy � they likewise share the same label, Universal.
If Winehouse does decide to retire for a while outside Vienna, she needn't occupy that the Cistercian Monks Of Stift Heiligenkreuz are overly ascetic. 25-year-old Brother Johannes Paul Chavanne has internet access in his cell, the Telegraph reports, so Winehouse could regular bring her beehive, her smokes, and a couplet of her entourage. Who knows, maybe Pete Doherty fancies some lessons in Gregorian chanting?
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