The band have created countless hits, the two most notable being "Money For Nothing," and "Sultans of Swing." The latter song ...

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.

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

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

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

Dig a little deeper, though, and you discover that there was another sheriff in town - Guy Fletcher - and he was packing a ...

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

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