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Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Guitarist - 2001

‘Love Over Gold’: the Dire Straits album Mark Knopfler thought he ruined

Too much tinkering.

Reuben Cross
Oct 1, 2025
Dire Straits - The Police - Split

Who was more successful: Dire Straits vs The Police?

Can you guess?

Tom Phelan
Sep 28, 2025
Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Guitarist - 2001

How BB King became a “turning point” of Mark Knopfler’s career

“Struck with the relationship between the guitar and the voice”.

Andrew Clayman
Sep 23, 2025
Bob Dylan - 1966 - Musician

Why Mark Knopfler was left scarred after producing Bob Dylan’s ‘Infidels’: “Not going to happen”

Too many cooks.

Callum MacHattie
Sep 13, 2025
Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Guitarist - 2001

The guitarists Mark Knopfler grew up “wanting to play like”

Guitar playing elite.

Callum MacHattie
Sep 6, 2025
Mark Knopfler - 2023

The only reason Mark Knopfler survived the rigours of rock ‘n’ roll: “I’d have been dead”

“That means everything.”

Kelly Murphy
Aug 24, 2025
Eric Clapton - 2017

Slow Burners: The two artists who require repeat listens, according to Eric Clapton

Truly timeless northerners.

Tom Taylor
Jul 12, 2025
Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Guitarist - 2001

The guitarist Mark Knopfler always wanted to be: “All I wanted”

The perfect package for guitar.

Tim Coffman
Jul 10, 2025
Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull - 1970

Ian Anderson on the guitarist too unique to copy: “Quirky but controlled”

One of a kind.

Reuben Cross
Jul 7, 2025
Mark Knopfler - Jeff Beck - Split

When Mark Knopfler drafted in Jeff Beck to play “the world’s second-ugliest guitar solo”

“I don’t think people need to hear that”.

Reuben Cross
Jun 26, 2025
Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Guitarist - 2001

Mark Knopfler reveals his favourite guitar solo: “I didn’t go too far”

A solo for the people.

Callum MacHattie
Jun 24, 2025
Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Guitarist - 2001

“He was really tremendous”: Mark Knopfler on the one guitarist who truly blew him away

A legend in every sense.

Arun Starkey
May 31, 2025

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