“News” is the second track on Dire Straits’ second studio album, Communiqué, released in 1979. Written by Mark Knopfler, the song combines vivid ...
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Our dear friend and YouTuber Andy Crowley is back again with us with another video lesson. This time he will show you how ...
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Following the success of their self-titled debut album, Dire Straits released their second studio album, Communiqué, on June 15, 1979. The record featured ...
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Martyn Lucas is a self-employed musician, film creator, and YouTuber, born on March 9, 1969. Because of the epidemic situation all around the ...
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A guitar made out of broken skateboards is not something you see every day. However, for artist and creator Ben Paik, old skateboards ...
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In this blog-post, we will see a battle between American Fender Stratocaster Deluxe versus a Chinese Squier Stratocaster. Paul Davids played both guitars ...
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One year ago Burls Art has built a guitar out of 1,200 colored pencils. His video went viral across the internet and YouTube, ...
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“Sultans of Swing” is the number one hit song by Dire Straits. The solo that Mark Knopfler has played during the song is ...
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Anabela Silva is our longtime friend as well as a fan of Dire Straits Blog. Before three years ago we just found her ...
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The Knopfler family shared sad news in July 2020. Ruth Selma Knopfler, the older sister of legendary musician Mark Knopfler, has passed away ...
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35-years ago it was the day when the music changed the world. Today is the 35th anniversary of the iconic Live Aid concert, ...
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Heres is a French singer, songwriter, and a guitarist singing both in English and French. When he was 15-years-old, he got his first ...
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Martin Miller is a musician from Leipzig, Germany. While he is mostly known as a guitar player, he is also a teacher, producer, ...
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