Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits

Just Across The River, the new album from Jimmy, is now available on E1 Music. The album features interpretations of the classic songs that made him a vital cultural icon including “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”, “Wichita Lineman”, “Galveston”, “The Highwayman”, “Oklahoma Nights” and more.

The album features guest appearances fromJimmy’s friends, fans and [...]

Released on Creek Records (CreekCD7) May 17th 2010

John Illsley has been called ‘the engine room’ of Dire Straits. It’s an apt description. This is the man who drove the songs, the pace and the beats, a co-founder of the band who went the distance. And whilst he wasn’t necessarily in the limelight, his contribution to [...]

Features:
• 180 Gram Audiophile Quality Vinyl
• Plated and Pressed at Pallas in Germany
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analogue Tapes

DIRE STRAITS/DIRE STRAITS December 15, 2009
Mark Knopfler’s spare, tasteful guitar lines and distinctive vocals mark their self-titled debut album of bluesy tunes that even on first listen, sound as if you’ve just wandered [...]

From the great AMIT forum (check the forum link at the top) I found a link to a blog website from Nico : http://mundoknopfler.blogspot.com/ with some great versions from Sultans Of Swing.

It turns out to be the from Guitar Hero 5. These files are great because of the 8 extra seconds at the end of the song.

These seconds [...]

Due to great interest in the two concerts by Mark Knopfler on June 29 and 28, an extra concert on June 30 is added.
Mark Knopfler is giving three concerts in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 and Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

This was announced on Tuesday at LiveXS. The presale for the June 30 [...]

Nelly made another wonderful Calendar. This is the calendar 2010. This calendar is not for sale and for fans only.
Please respect Nelly’s work!

You can watch the complete calendar here

Chuck Ainlay spoke with Premier Guitar about recording Get Lucky and capturing Knopfler’s signature guitar sounds.

Ainlay is the man that Mark Knopfler calls on whenever it’s time to make a record. He recently completed the guitarist’s new album, Get Lucky, and remixed the Dire Straits Alchemy album for a 2010 Blu-Ray release. In addition, he [...]

There is an upcoming interview with Mark Knopfler about his new album “Get Lucky” and his previous work with Dire Straits on a show that has featured exclusive one-on-one interviews with him before called “In the Studio”.

Throughout this week of October 5th you can listen to the shows as they air on the radio (over [...]

Interview Mark Knopfler did for WDR2