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 ...

Dire Straits is known as the biggest British rock band of the '80s, and for good reason. Bursting onto the music scene in ...

While Dire Straits were certainly tapping into the roots of rock in their sound, there was one genre that continually ...

Any artist should want to push themselves forward when getting inspired, but Mark Knopfler figured that he may as well pack it in after hearing masters at work.

In 1978, a song about a little-known pub band quietly transformed Dire Straits into international stars. "Sultans of Swing" ...

Mark Knopfler has been very busy in 2024. The former Dire Straits frontman and solo superstar’s new album has arrived, and it lands on several Billboard charts this week. The set earns the rocker one ...

After touring Europe together last year, Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler joined forces and hit the road for a string of dates in the states this fall. On Nov. 22, the two legends played their final show ...

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 ...

'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 ...

Mark Knopfler fans worldwide can rejoice: the ex-Dire Straits leader has added an extensive round of North American dates to the already-announced European leg of his 2015 tour. The shows come in ...

When Mark Knopfler kicks off a short run of U.S. concerts in California later this month, it will mark the end of a busy year of touring for the singer, songwriter and guitarist. He spent much of the ...