The last time Soft Machine played Phoenix, it was 1968 and the U.K. rockers were touring the States as the opening act for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. They played the Valley twice that year ...

Crucial to the development of the "Canterbury Scene" and British progressive rock in the late '60s, Soft Machine quickly developed ... The latest issue of our archival magazine.

Mike Ratledge — co-founding keyboardist for the influential, proggy psych-rock band from Canterbury, Soft Machine — has died. He was 81. As Louder reports, the news was confirmed by former ...