As Dire Straits’ seminal album Brothers in Arms celebrates its 40th anniversary, legendary six-stringer Mark Knopfler looks ...

You develop lazy techniques. I’m forever doing that. It wouldn’t make a teacher very happy.” Mark Knopfler says he wouldn't ...

"On Every Street" by Dire Straits tracks a private detective's case. The subtext suggests that he's looking for lost love.

During a 2008 interview, Stevie Nicks was asked, "Who was the love of your life?" and she responded: "Joe Walsh." ...

Brothers in Arms is indisputably one of the hallmarks of Mark Knopfler’s (and, by extension, Dire Straits’) career. In 2024, the guitarist parted ways with 120 of his prized instruments ...

Mark Donohue died 35 years ago at the height of his career, a few years before Mark Knopfler became a success. The two men never met, but share much. Artistic drive. Technical perfection.

“Look at them yo-yos/That’s the way to do it,” Mark Knopfler sang on his band Dire Straits’ biggest hit, “Money for Nothing.”The Knopfler who played at The Met Philadelphia on Saturday ...

A 1983 Les Paul that Knopfler played on Dire Straits’ chart-topping 1985 album “Brothers in Arms” and onstage that year at Live Aid has an estimated price of 10,000 to 15,00 pounds.

Not only does Knopfler avoid those traps, he doesn't make the mistake of romanticizing these people either. These aren't odes to the salt of the earth, these are songs about people.

Mark Knopfler doesn't seem to have read the rules. In their sixties, rock gods are supposed to slow down, release an album every five years and either tour unwillingly or just stay at home and ...

Mark Knopfler 's long-awaited double-disc 'Privateering' album is finally coming out in the U.S. on Sept. 10. You don't have to wait that long for a sneak peek at the record, though: we're ...