Soft Machine

Art Pop Experimental New Wave Rock 

Andy Summers: Exploring Vertiginous Canyons

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2024, A Series of Glances, Andy Summers, EP, Eric Burdon, Soft Machine, Synchronicity, The Animals, The Police, Vertiginous Canyons

Talking with the legendary Police guitarist about his unique new EP, the Synchronicity box and the prospect of retirement

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Experimental jazz Pop Post-Punk Progressive Rock Records Rock 

Steve Feigenbaum on 40 Years of Cuneiform Records

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 Jim Allen 5 Comments 40th Anniversary, Cuneiform Records, Fred Frith, Henry Cow, Present, R. Stevie Moore, Random Radar Records, Soft Machine, Steve Feigenbaum, Wadada Leo Smith

An American institution of unconventional music has a big birthday

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Fusion jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

Soft Machine Plots New Directions on Other Doors

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2023, Fred Thelonious Baker, John Etheridge, John Marshall, MoonJune Records, Other Doors, Roy Babbington, Soft Machine, Theo Travis

The veteran fusion band isn’t done exploring

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Films Rock 

Anton Corbijn Shines a Light on the Album Art of Hipgnosis in New Film

June 7, 2023March 4, 2026 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 10cc, Anton Corbijn, Depeche Mode, Documentaries, Glen Matlock, Hipgnosis, Ian Curtis, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Nick Mason, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Soft Machine, Squaring The Circle, Storm Thorgerson, The Sex Pistols, Wings

Squaring the Circle premieres tonight at New York’s Film Forum

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Blues 

Montreux Mud

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bill Evans, Blues, BMG, guitar, live album, Miles Davis, Montreux, Muddy Waters, O9, Soft Machine, The Montreux Years, Weather Report

A new compilation collects the best moments of blues legend Muddy Waters’ three trips to Switzerland

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jazz Progressive Rock 

Abracadabra In Osaka Unearths a Magic Moment in Soft Machine History

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2020, Abracadabra In Osaka, Alan Holdsworth, Elton Dean, John Marshall, MoonJune Records, Soft Machine, Soft Works

The Soft Works lineup is heard live for the first time. 

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Where But for Caravan Would We?

January 25, 2019August 31, 2023 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Caravan, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine

The eponymous debut from underrated UK prog greats Caravan turns 50

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Canterbury Tales

January 5, 2019August 31, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments Canterbury, Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratelidge, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine

When Soft Machine emerged in the late 60s, there was nothing remotely like them. There still isn’t.

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Folk jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

The Soft Machine Turns On

December 24, 2018August 31, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1968, Hugh Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine

50 years ago, the legendary Jazz/Rock/Fusion ensemble defined the progress in progressive rock

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