Latest about Mark Knopfler
What Guthrie Trapp learned while escaping the country player label – and how the fretboard can change your life
The session ace explains what’s wrong with modelers, why anyone emulating SRV is doomed to fail, and how he nearly missed out on jamming with Billy Gibbons
Mark Knopfler looks back on Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits’ “sheer fluke” that made him a reluctant superstar
Brothers In Arms reinvented Knopfler and gave him more fame than he could handle. 40 years on, in a rare interview, the band look back on the biggest rock album of the '80s
Why Mark Knopfler’s guitar tech convinced him to play Les Pauls – and how they impacted his tone and playing
Knopfler is forever linked to the Fender Strat – however, to successfully convey the emotional weight required on Brothers in Arms, his tech pushed him towards Gibsons
A rare 12-string guitar that Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler “borrowed” for 50 years is now up for auction
The guitar was originally owned by his friend, Lindisfarne's Jeff Sadler – and was played on the Dire Straits' sophomore album, Communiqué
Mark Knopfler on why one of the Dire Straits' most iconic tracks hinges on this four-note guitar intro
The Dire Straits guitarist reflects on the songwriting process of some of the band’s classic tracks
Mark Knopfler on 40 years of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms – the guitars, the riffs… the pressure of learning to play in time
From his lucky ’83 Les Paul and Fleetwood Mac-inspired soloing to “getting away with murder” at the sessions, the Dire Straits legend opens up in his most revealing interview in years
Mark Knopfler looks back on his jams with fellow fingerstyle legend Chet Atkins
The pair traded licks after the release of Brothers in Arms, and went on to release an album together
Mark Knopfler on the treasured Gibson he received as a gift from a rock hero – which became his studio go-to
Last year, Knopfler parted ways with 120 of his prized instruments for charity, including much of the Brothers in Arms gear
Mark Knopfler on why he doesn't consider himself a “guitar god” – and the ones in the industry who deserve that title
40 years after the release of the Dire Straits’ seminal album, Brothers in Arms, Knopfler reflects on that game-changing period and why he was always a reluctant rock star
