When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. During that recording period, Knopfler's approach to solos was shifting, which perfectly paved ...
Down a London backstreet, an anonymous rider glides unnoticed, slipping discretely past a garage door. The giveaway is the guitar etched into the motorcycle's gas cap. The rider is Mark Knofler, and ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Pete Still / Redferns / Getty Images These days, Mark Knopfler tends to keep his distance ...
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Mark Knopfler on the treasured Gibson he received as a gift from a rock hero – which became his studio go-to
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 – many of ...
Mark Knopfler was never a reluctant rock star. In the glittering, go-go 1980s, he had the time of his life leading Dire Straits to the top of the charts with monster hits such as Money for Nothing and ...
'I need to practise more,” says Mark Knopfler. The former leader of Dire Straits, a man routinely hailed as one of the world’s greatest guitarists, visibly blanches when I ask how he rates himself as ...
In 1932, Chicago artist and arts patron Narcissa Niblack Thorne began an unusual and extraordinary project: designing intricately decorated, historically accurate rooms in miniature. Married to James ...
Mark Knopfler tends to be at one remove from the narrative arc of his songs, even those born of personal experience. Perhaps his training as a reporter taught him to remain detached – just tell the ...
Mark Knopfler wrote this song with Sting, and it wasn’t without controversy. The Dire Straits frontman's original lyric used the word “faggot” to describe a singer who got their “money for nothing and ...
Of all the rock 'n' rollers who resemble pirates, Mark Knopfler has to rank somewhere below, say, Keith Richards. Nonetheless, the singer, guitarist and former Dire Straits leader sees an element of ...
In announcing the U.S. tour that made its way to Comerica Theatre on Saturday for what certainly looked like a sold-out performance in Phoenix, Mark Knopfler said playing his songs for an audience ...
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has said it’s unlikely he would ever play as part of the group again. Knopfler said he wouldn’t play with the band again as he wanted to “expand and work with ...
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