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Growing up, Mark Knopfler was just like any other young guitarist. He chose the biggest players to identify with and emulate.
The band have created countless hits, the two most notable being "Money For Nothing," and "Sultans of Swing." The latter song ...
From Sting barking on Money for Nothing to replacing the drummer halfway through, recording the band’s bestselling album was ...
It was the quintessential everyman's album - despite many fans only recently realizing the meaning of the bands name - that ...
One of the first albums album recorded, mixed and mastered digitally gets the 40th anniversary treatment. Read MOJO's review ...
"There was something really funny about it to me because Sultans, they absolutely weren’t," said Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.
This Dire Straits hit looked effortless but really wasn't, an illusion bassist John Illsley compared to a misunderstood ...
A special 40th anniversary edition of Brothers in Arms will be released tomorrow on CD, vinyl and Blu-Ray. It features a ...
Brothers in Arms,’ the album that consolidated and ended the band, turns 40 and is being reissued as a luxury item. Its ...
With forty years' perspective, the release and subsequent massive success of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms (released 5/17/85 ...