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Mike Ratledge obituary

Composer and keyboard player who was a driving force behind the experimental prog-rock band Soft Machine

The Guardian - UK

"Behind those dark glasses and unsmiling visage, he presented an inscrutable presence." Soft Machine's Mike Ratledge remembered

Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former Soft Machine founder and keyboard player Mike Ratledge, who sadly died after a short illness, aged 81

Louder

"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

Louder

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“The dynamic twists and thoughtful depths of the mix suggest 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

Louder

Sir Karl Jenkins responds to claims that he was Meghan Markle in disguise at coronation: ‘I was surprised’

‘Someone wrote I was there, whoever I was, to steal the crown jewels,’ he said on TikTok

The Independent UK

Top Videos: Eurovision’s star host, midnight rain and the ‘Grim Reaper’ revealed

Taylor Swift sang in the rain while Beyonce kicked off her world tour. Coronation conspiracies had everyone talking, as did a sleepy bear.

The New Daily

Andrew Lloyd Webber responds to bizarre theory he was sat with Meghan Markle in disguise at the Coronation

Spoiler alert: he wasn't

Marie Claire

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The guy who everyone thought was 'Meghan in disguise' at the Coronation was a former member of Soft Machine

"I look this way all the time," says former Soft Machine musician Karl Jenkins after strange Coronation mix-up

Louder

Sir Karl Jenkins responds to claims that he was Meghan Markle in disguise at coronation: ‘I was surprised’

‘Someone wrote I was there, whoever I was, to steal the crown jewels,’ he said on TikTok

The Independent UK

The Coronation Guest Who Was *Not* Meghan Markle In A Silly Wig Sunnies Has Broken His Silence

“This is just what Meghan Markle in disguise would say.”

Pedestrian.tv

People suspected Welsh composer was Meghan Markle in disguise at Coronation of King Charles III

Others thought he might have been planning to make off with the crown jewels

Wales Online

Sir Karl Jenkins responds to claims that he was Meghan Markle in disguise at coronation: ‘I was surprised’

‘Someone wrote I was there, whoever I was, to steal the crown jewels,’ he said on TikTok

The Independent UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber breaks silence after Coronation 'disguise' man he sat next to goes viral

Andrew Lloyd Webber has spoken out about the man wearing a 'disguise' who he sat next to at King Charles' Coronation. Many believed the unknown person was Meghan Markle.

Daily Record

Coronation guest 'in disguise' speaks out after online speculation he was there to 'steal Crown Jewels'

Welsh composer Sir Jenkins has spoken out about his style and said he was surprised that people thought he was the Duchess of Sussex incognito.

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Daily Mirror

Andrew Lloyd Webber speaks out after Coronation 'disguise' man he sat next to goes viral

Andrew Lloyd Webber has opened up about the mysterious man sitting next to him at King Charles' Coronation, who some thought was Meghan Markle in disguise

Daily Mirror

Coronation guest accused of coming in disguise to steal crown jewels speaks out

Sir Karl Jenkins, a Welsh composer whose folk song was performed by the Coronation orchestra, attended the ceremony in a unique look, with mid-length grey hair and dark sunglasses as he sat in Westminster Abbey

Wales Online

The meaning of the Welsh-language song being sung at the coronation

Coronation Kyrie is the first Welsh-language song to be performed at a Coronation

Wales Online

BBC Coronation Concert: Welsh singer among the first stars announced in line-up

The opera singer will perform both at the coronation ceremony and at the concert the following day

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Wales Online

Huw Edwards to host big Queen's Platinum Jubilee concert in Swansea

Swansea Festival Concert returns after a two year absence and promises to be bigger then ever before

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