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Wow. It turns out Telegraph readers really like guitar music – and have very strong opinions about it. I’m not going to say ...
From 1978’s self-titled debut to the hit-and-miss coda of 1991’s On Every Street – via arguably the best live record of all ...
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler’s 2000 solo album 'Sailing To Philadelphia' will soon be reissued on clear vinyl for the ...
Mark Knopfler's guitar style is widely renowned for its high level technicality. But this one Dire Straits hit pushed him to more extreme lengths.
N ot only is Brothers in Arms widely considered to be Dire Straits’ magnum opus, it’s also deemed to be a nine-track showcase of generational guitar playing that has since cemented Mark Knopfler’s ...
Knopfler has been on the campaign trail to celebrate 40 years of Dire Straits’ legendary Brothers in Arms LP, on which he made a surprise confession about the best guitar solo he’s ever written.
Knopfler parted ways with 120 of his prized instruments for charity, including much of the Brothers in Arms gear ...
It is 40 years since we embraced Dire Straits’s Brothers in Arms Mark Knopfler was Dire Straits: He wrote all the songs, broke pop music’s three-minute rule - and then broke all the records.
Mark Knopfler: “This getting older stuff ain’t for wimps” Exclusive: The rock legend on the Dire Straits songs that still matter, bands he loves and a great new CD [UPDATED] ...
Mark Walter is the new owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, purchasing the franchise for $10 billion. Walter is also the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and has helped the organization dominate in MLB.
"There was something really funny about it to me because Sultans, they absolutely weren’t," said Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.
Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler has revealed he played "shockingly bad boogie-woogie" when he was a child and that he got his guitar-playing style from strumming tennis rackets with his sister.