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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 ...
A special 40th anniversary edition of Brothers in Arms will be released tomorrow on CD, vinyl and Blu-Ray. It features a ...
Mark Knopfler is one of the interviewees in the feature-length documentary film John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling. It’s a profile of the great guitar maker of the title, who not only is ...
This Dire Straits hit looked effortless but really wasn't, an illusion bassist John Illsley compared to a misunderstood ...
Brothers in Arms,’ the album that consolidated and ended the band, turns 40 and is being reissued as a luxury item. Its ...
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One of the first albums album recorded, mixed and mastered digitally gets the 40th anniversary treatment. Read MOJO's review ...
Shaun meets Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler at his London studio, to talk about the record-breaking success of Brothers in Arms, 40 years after its release.