ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Soft Machine Gallery in Allentown is about to reopen, and is seeking donations of art, gifts certificates and live performers for a fundraiser and auction. The 101 Ridge Ave ...

Back in the late sixties, when rock musicians started to explore more complex things, the music became at the same time more interesting and, well, complicated at the same time. It was the advent of ...

Taking a cue from ocean-dwelling species, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers are developing synthetic skins that will support the emergence of next-generation "soft" machines, robots and ...

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 great ...

When GP asked Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera to name the 10 albums that changed his life, he laughed. “How long have you ...

The Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt said that this surprising pop hit is the best song of the 21st century thus far.

Mike Ratledge, who has died aged 81, was the keyboard player whose sound was at the heart of Soft Machine, the Canterbury band who rapidly moved from quasi-psychedelia to cutting-edge jazz-rock ...

Mike Ratledge, a founding member of Soft Machine, has died. He was 81. Ratledge reportedly died following a short illness. “Incredibly sad news that my great friend and Soft Machine legend ...

Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former Soft Machine founder and keyboard player Mike Ratledge, who sadly died after a short illness, aged 81 ...

Band member John Etheridge described him as ‘the backbone of Soft Machine’. Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members and keyboard player of the British psych-rock band Soft Machine, has died aged 81 ...

Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5, after a brief illness, according to his former bandmate and guitarist John Etheridge. “Mike was the ...