Dire Straits

The former Dire Straits frontman now relishes a simpler way of touring, writes Andrew Murfett. Read More

Each release from ex-Dire Straits mastermind Mark Knopfler secures his rep as a classic songwriter—at the expense of his ranking as a guitarist. Read More

The Story of Anvil on VH1 Classic the other night, and I believe it was Slash who said something like: "You know, there aren't many bands who have been together for 30 years." Read More

"Come back Woody Guthrie, come back to us now," Steve Earle implored in his stirring 1997 ballad "Christmastime in Washington." Read More

Mark Knopfler has always traded in nostalgia. Read More

We have all grown up listening to rock legend Mark Knopfler strumming his guitar on I Want My...", so invariably the comparison of his solo career to his Dire Straits days still continues. Read More

The clear, cutting tone of Mark Knopfler's Fender Strat has been a near-trademark since his days with Dire Straits. Read More

So I was bored the other night and decided to flip through the on-demand offerings on the cable, and came across a short concert segment of Deep Purple doing "Space Truckin." Read More

Over the past few years, an indiscriminate 1980s revival has variously brought back into fashion synth-pop, legwarmers, blue mascara, the Cure and Duran Duran. Read More

It was many years ago, back in that long ago, bygone era when MTV actually played music videos. Read More