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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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With Hugh Hopper's death in 2009, Soft Machine Legacy lost its last link with the classic Soft Machine lineups that recorded its most potent music. What is here, then, is a band which pledges ...

Soft Machine in 1967, l-r: Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge and Daevid Allen - BIPS/Getty Images Mike Ratledge, who has died aged 81, was the keyboard player whose sound was at the heart of ...

When Arlo Parks set out to make her second album, she wanted to make sure everyone knew that she was singing about her lived experiences, and no one else’s. “The first record was attributing a lot of ...

Nearly three years ago, Arlo Parks released one of the best albums of 2020 with Collapsed in Sunbeams. Not only was it one of SPIN‘s favorites, but is also received Grammy nominations in the Best New ...