Revisiting comments from Dire Straits legend Mark Knopfler about the classic 1978 song that made him embrace simplicity in ...

David Gilmour is one of the most exciting guitarists out there, but there is one musician he looks up to for bringing ...

Mark Knopfler's iconic opening riff helped turn "Money for Nothing" into a chart-topping hit, and the song went on to make ...

Few guitar riffs are as instantly recognizable (and deliciously catchy) as the opening of Dire Straits' 1985 smash hit "Money ...

For Dire Straits, one of the highest points in their career came from watching one of the lowest of another band. "Sultans of ...

The simple facts are these: Knopfler formed Dire Straits in London in 1977 with his younger brother David on rhythm guitar, John Illsley on bass and Pick Withers on drums. Emerging from the city’s ...

The past few weeks have been an unusually dramatic time for Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour. It began in early June when fans ...

Dire Straits saxophonist Chris White makes his return to NZ with 'The Dire Straits Experience'. The tribute group brings back ...

Seventy-nine years ago today, the songwriter who played in a jazz band with a former president before writing numerous hits ...

Panama hat. Cream-on-cream monochrome aesthetic. A popular and expensive cologne that conveys, if not power, then success. It ...

Brian May doubles his solo hits on one Billboard chart and nearly nets a second No. 1 as "Eternia" from Masters of the ...