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When William Burroughs gave Daevid Allen permission to call his band The Soft Machine
A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966
"He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81
Soft Machine's longest-serving member Mike Ratledge, who also worked with Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, has died after a short illness
“These pieces aren’t so much produced as dramatised”: Soft Machine’s Softs vinyl remaster
John Etheridge’s arrival adds a harder, defined edge to the band’s 1976 album
Jazz, socialism and an absurdist slant: Robert Wyatt on his improvised life
Fuelled by jazz, socialism and an absurdist slant on the world around him, the retired Canterbury icon’s instincts served him well during a remarkable career
Inside the weird and wonderful world of The Canterbury Scene
Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield And The North - how a small town in England changed progressive music forever
Soft Machine announce Ronnie Scotts date in April
Soft Machine will pay tribute to late drummer John Marshall at one-off Ronnie Scott's headline show
“Playing the second-ever single alongside brand-new compositions brings a degree of eccentricity that’s important to Soft Machine”: The new line-up’s new album Other Doors
Canterbury mainstays enter a new era without late drummer John Marshall and retired bassist Roy Babbington
“The interesting thing is that she copies Robert Wyatt’s phrasing exactly”: the weird connection between Whitney Houston and the 60s UK prog scene
How an obscure 60s prog-jazz cover gave Whitney Houston her big break
