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“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
“There was too much isolation, loneliness and access to cheap booze and drugs”: Kevin Ayers’ Falling Up reissue
Despite its background, Soft Machine man’s 1988 comeback makes a refreshing return
“I’ve been very lucky throughout my life as a player." Soft Machine drummer John Marshall remembered
Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to former Soft Machine drummer John Marshall, who died over the weekend, aged 82
"There’ll always be questions like, ‘What’s going on with Mike Ratledge?’ Or a question about Robert Wyatt." Soft Machine on life in the new millennium
In 2015 Soft Machine dropped the 'legacy' tag and threw themselves headlong into being the Canterbury legends, Hidden Details was their first album under the new/old monicker
