If Dire Straits thought the world needed a little break from them after the globe-straddling success of Brothers In Arms, then in 1988 proved that the opposite was ...
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All of the early groundwork that Dire Straits had put into cultivating their audience with tireless live work and a strong first album brought them a new reward ...
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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 ...
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Mark Knopfler has come a long way since his days as founder of British rock band Dire Straits. The prolific guitarist is releasing his eighth solo album, “Privateering”, ...
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Mark Knopfler‘s long-awaited double-disc ‘Privateering’ album is released in the U.S. on 10 September 2013. The album was recorded from 3 March to 7 December 2011 in British ...
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Gibson Custom announces the release of the limited edition Mark Knopfler 1958 Les Paul guitar, a precise replica of Knopfler’s beloved ’58 that accompanied him on stage and ...
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Exclusive premiere of “Street Tracker,” a new song by Pieta Brown. Brown’s new album, Postcards, features a bevy of interesting collaborations one for each track, in fact all ...
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A glut of boldly ambitious records came out in 1980 – Springsteen’s The River, John Lennon’s Double Fantasy, Sandinista! by the Clash and Talking Heads’ Remain In Light ...
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The former Dire Straits bassist issues his latest solo album In The Darkness, Comes Around Again, Ship Of Fools and Long Shadow can be heard below. While Illsley ...
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If Mark Knopfler were to retire now, at 65, no one could accuse him of leading a lazy working life. Since forming Dire Straits with his brother David ...
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