When a young Knopfler started to copycat the sound he heard on Everly Brothers records, he didn't even realise which legend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Knopfler holds one of his prized resonator guitars. This April will see the release of Mark Knopfler’s 10th solo album since ...

When you listen to Dire Straits, there is clearly a blues influence, so the fact Mark Knopfler called Stevie Ray Vaughan one of "the best" is hardly surprising.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Mark Knopfler has been very busy in 2024. The former Dire Straits ...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 13: Singers Sting (R) and Mark Knopfler from rock band Dire Straits (L) perform at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London, 13th July 1985. The concert raised ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Mark Knopfler, this year’s 30th anniversary of Dire Straits‘ Brothers in Arms — and its Number One hit, “Money for Nothing” — is bittersweet. In retrospect, the record marked the beginning of the ...

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 ...

'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 ...