Dire Straits had a lot going for it as a band. Chief among those qualities was the songwriting of Mark Knopfler, as these ...

Former Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler is, as we all know, a great lead guitarist. His fingerstyle leads allow him to incorporate some Flamenco-style rolls to his bluesy playing. But don't overlook ...

Mark Knopfler is one of the most successful musicians in the world. During the past 30 years he has written and recorded over 300 songs including some of the most famous in popular music. In this ...

Mark Knopfler has a new charity single on the way, featuring a whopping 60 musical legends. The track, a recording of Knopfler's 1983 song "Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)" will arrive on March 15.

The guitar in “Don’t Come Around Here No More” highlighted the interplay between guitar and vocals. While many early ’80s ...

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 ...

The new LP offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and ...

Six songs into his set in Sugar Land last night, Mark Knopfler stopped to tell the tale of "Matchstick Man." The song is a new one by the Dire Straits frontman and reluctant Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...

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 ...

Mark Knopfler will release a new album, One Deep River, this spring. The LP will arrive via Blue Note on April 12. It was produced by Knopfler himself and Guy Fletcher at British Grove Studios in ...

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 ...