In advance of a Hollywood Bowl score-to-picture evening, the filmmaker and Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher remember Knopfler's unusual choice to use a Synclavier instead of an orchestra. Rob Reiner’s ...

In 1984, Tina Turner released one of her biggest hits, a song that Mark Knopfler originally wrote for his band, Dire Straits.

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 ...

The guitarist was at his peak with Dire Straits when Dylan hired him to produce the celebrated album that ended his “born-again” phase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1985, Mark Knopfler turned a deliveryman's ...

Mark Knopfler’s “Going Home” debuts on several U.K. singles charts, driven by hometown pride, a recent performance, and lasting fan devotion. ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 16: Mark Knopfler from Dire ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Knopfler has long been regarded as one of the premier electric guitar fingerstylists in the game. In recent years, though, ...

The track appeared on Dire Straits' 1985 album Brothers in Arms, which remains one of the bestselling LPs in history. As Knopfler worked on the No.1 hit single, his thoughts turned to the famous “I ...

'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 ...