Soft Machine's longest-serving member Mike Ratledge, who also worked with Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, has died after a short ...

Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of the English rock band Soft Machine, has died at the age of 81. The musician ...

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 ...

Fortunately, he made amends by suggesting his replacement should be the relatively unknown John Etheridge. What Softs makes abundantly clear is that, whereas Holdsworth’s fiery legato technique tended ...

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.

UK guitarists Gordon Giltrap and Soft Machine's John Etheridge have announced a joint UK tour, their 2 Parts Guitar tour, for May. The 12--date tour will see the two respected guitarists starting ...

Mike Ratledge, a founding member of Soft Machine, has died. He was 81. Ratledge reportedly died following a short illness.

Formed in 1966, in Canterbury, Kent, Soft Machine made a name for themselves on the London underground circuit playing a ...

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Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of Soft Machine, has died. He was 81 years old. The news was confirmed by ...