Mark Knopfler

Rock 

Your Latest Trick: Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms at 40

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1985, 40th Anniversary, Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits, Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, Money for Nothing, So Far Away, Walk of Life

Reflections on the band’s blockbuster fifth LP

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Rock 

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is an Essential ’80s Concert Album

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Alan Clark, Alchemy: Dire Straits Live, Dire Straits, Hal Lindes, Joop de Norte, Mark Knopfler, Mel Collins, Once Upon a Time in the West, Sultans of Swing, Terry Williams, Tommy Mandel, Warner Bros. Records

Revisiting this guitar epic for its 40th anniversary

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Rock 

Mark Knopfler Announces New Solo Album One Deep River

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Ahead Of The Game, Blue Note Records, British Grove, Dire Straits, Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, One Deep River

Listen to the first single “Ahead Of The Game” below

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Dylan Folk Rock 

Bob Dylan’s Infidels: Don’t Call It A Comeback

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Don McLeese 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Infidels, Jokerman, Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

A skeptical look back at a beloved ’80s favorite from the Bard’s catalog

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Folk Rock 

License to Kill: Bob Dylan’s Infidels at 40

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Infidels, Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar

Why it’s a classic despite leaving its best material on the cutting room floor

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Disco Dub/Reggae Irish New Wave Pop Rock 

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With The Philip Lynott Album 

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dire Straits, Ireland, Irish, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott, Robert Palmer, St. Patrick's Day, Thin Lizzy

Listen to the Thin Lizzy frontman’s second solo album right now

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New Wave Rock 

Storybook Love: Willy DeVille’s Miracle at 35

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, A&M Records, CBGB, Doc Pomus, Guy Fletcher, Jack Nitzsche, Mark Knopfler, Mink DeVille, Miracle, The Princess Bride, Willy DeVille

Looking back on the turning point of the CBGB legend’s career

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Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Pig: A Piano Player Without Equal

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Jackson, Bob Dylan, Charlie Rich, Dolly Parton, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, Mark Knopfler, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, RIP, Sturgill Simpson, The Cramps, Ween

Session superstar Hargus Robbins passes away at age 84

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Rock 

On Mark Knopfler’s Down the Road Wherever

November 20, 2018December 13, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Blue Note, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler

Former Dire Straits kingpin continues the journey alone

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