Growing up, Mark Knopfler was just like any other young guitarist. He chose the biggest players to identify with and emulate.

Or how one lesson with a folk singer from the northeast of England (and a bunch of lost picks) changed the history of ...

"There was something really funny about it to me because Sultans, they absolutely weren’t," said Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.

From Sting barking on Money for Nothing to replacing the drummer halfway through, recording the band’s bestselling album was ...

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Self-effacing as ever, the Dire Straits man gave multiple reasons – serious and humorous – for moving away from the plectrum, ...

With forty years' perspective, the release and subsequent massive success of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms (released 5/17/85 ...

It was the quintessential everyman's album - despite many fans only recently realizing the meaning of the bands name - that ...

A special 40th anniversary edition of Brothers in Arms will be released tomorrow on CD, vinyl and Blu-Ray. It features a ...

One of the first albums album recorded, mixed and mastered digitally gets the 40th anniversary treatment. Read MOJO's review ...

Brothers in Arms,’ the album that consolidated and ended the band, turns 40 and is being reissued as a luxury item. Its ...