The 74-year-old guitar great has released a song from the record titled “Ahead of the Game” as an advance digital track. The song is a shuffling, mid-tempo melodic rock tune showcasing Knopfler’s ...
The new LP offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and ...
The guitarist was at his peak with Dire Straits when Dylan hired him to produce the celebrated album that ended his ...
Mark Knopfler will release a new album, One Deep River, this spring. The LP will arrive via Blue Note on April 12. It was produced by Knopfler himself and Guy Fletcher at British Grove Studios in ...
“There was no way anybody else was going to stick their hand up and say, ‘Hey, Mark, I have a great song idea!’ There was no point. He was on a racetrack.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Rob ...
The Dire Straits frontman reflected on the challenges of collaborating with Bob Dylan.
To say the recording is star-packed is an understatement. Among the legends who, along with Knopfler, contributed to the track are—brace yourselves—the late Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, The Who’s Roger ...
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Mark Knopfler on the guitar solo he calls even better than Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing"
Bill Forsyth’s 1983 comedy-drama Local Hero boasts two rather lofty accolades. Not only does the film have an indelible 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but its soundtrack features what Mark ...
Chris Rea was massive in the late-80s and early-90s, often pigeonholed as the kind of musician enjoyed by people who couldn’t abide all those pesky gaps between Dire Straits and Bruce Springsteen ...
At the Fox Theatre on Thursday night, Mark Knopfler basked in the glow of a standing ovation after playing his Dire Straits hit "Sultans of Swing," for which he'd stripped his large band back to a ...
A 1983 Les Paul used on the hit song “Money for Nothing” is among the 120 guitars and amps being auctioned by Dire Straits musician Mark Knopfler. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 74, is donating ...
Mark Knopfler's tenth solo studio album, One Deep River, is set for release on April 12 on his own British Grove label via Blue Note/EMI. The record will feature 12 new songs, highlighting Knopfler's ...
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