New York
Tom Johnson, Village Voice Critic of New York’s Downtown Avant-Garde, Dead at 85
Known as Saint Tom, Johnson was a composer and an early champion of other American minimalists such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Meredith Monk
Tom Johnson, the minimalist composer and former Village Voice columnist who documented New York City’s downtown avant-garde music scene, has died, the New York Times reports. According to his wife, performance artist Esther Ferrer, Johnson suffered a... [2329 chars]