Subsequent to its psychedelic late 60s existence, Soft Machine redeployed its musicality into a hybrid form of British prog-rock meets avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion schema. The band invoked a ...

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 ...

Canterbury prog legends Soft Machine have announced they will release their latest studio album, Thirteen, through Dyad Records on March 13. The band have also shared a video trailer for the new album ...

Pat Metheny and former Police members Andy Summers and Sting are just a few of the celebrated musicians to sing the praises of English guitar master John Etheridge, who performs in San Diego Thursday ...

Five years after the release of their last studio album, legendary UK musical institution, Soft Machine, return with a brand new album, Other Doors. Boasting new material and two numbers drawn from ...

With Mike Ratledge raised by a school headmaster, he grew up listening to mostly classical music. To add to his growing love for music, he was also trained on the piano. Although surrounded by ...

Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of the English rock band Soft Machine, has died. He was 81. Soft Machine’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed his former bandmate’s death in a Facebook ...

ALBANY — Soft Machine delivered an intricate set of British jazz rock to a modest but appreciative crowd at The Linda on Sept. 26. Originally scheduled for last year, the gig was postponed due to ...