Mike Ratledge, the keyboardist and a co-founder of English rock band Soft Machine, has died, the band’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed. He was 81 years old. “Incredibly sad news that my ...

At that time, Soft Machine had already become something of a 'cult' band on the London psychedelic scene, gigging at places like the Roundhouse or the UFO. On April 29th, 1967, they took part in an ...

However, I greatly enjoyed Soft Machine albums right up through Softs (their ninth long player). Having never seen any incarnation of the band I was excited to see that Soft Machine had announced ...

While the merits of remastered reissues are the source of considerable debate, there's no denying that the discography of pioneering British jazz/rock band Soft Machine has been more deserving of ...

Soft Machine were the ultimate progressive band. Over the course of their career they changed from being a fun, eccentric psychedelic band, to being jazz fusioneers, to changing virtually all ...

But The Soft Machine Legacy is no tribute act, containing a quartet that represents the band's continuing evolution from jazz-influenced rock outfit in the late 60s to rock-influenced jazz outfit ...

Soft Machine was a pioneering psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, United Kingdom, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the ...