John Cage stands large in 20th century history as one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. As a composer he was an utterly original master of the form, his experimental attitude ...

John Cage, the influential composer and artist, is dead. So it’s technically impossible to know with absolute certainty how he would feel about the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University.

“I,” says Composer John Cage, “am a hunter.” Last week White Hunter Cage’s latest quarry was on display at Manhattan’s avant-garde off-Broadway theater, Circle in the Square.

Bertrand Chamayou, whose relish for ensemble work has made him the collaborator of choice for a huge range of musicians, amplifies two other recent recording projects with "Cage2" (Erato), devoted to ...

John Cale’s Drone Orchestra Is As Beautiful As It Is Questionable In an attempt to soften our perception of the drone, the famed composer pulled out his finest pair of rose-colored glasses.

To a certain generation of Buffalo art and music scenesters, the late composer John Cage was nothing less than the savior of 20th century American music. These are the people who sat rapt for each ...

So, John, you gave us at least three gifts — listening with an open heart, inspiring artists to be ourselves and demonstrating a return to respecting Nature through microtonal music. Knowing you, ...

I’d like to kiss whoever at Apple decided to do this: today’s free iTunes “discovery download” is the first movement of avant-garde composer John Cage‘s 4’33”, which is to say, it ...