EL PAÍS English - 21 Jun 2025
Mark Knopfler, 40 years after Dire Straits’ groundbreaking album: ‘I’m not good enough to improvise like a jazz musician’ ...
Guitar Player - 24 Jun 2025
"It's a cheap guitar, and I did everything wrong, but I think they’re perfect notes.” Mark Knopfler on the guitar solo he calls even better than Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" ...
Ultimate Guitar - 23 Jun 2025
'I'm Not Good Enough To Improvise Like A Jazz Musician': Mark Knopfler On 'The Most Important Thing In A Solo', And The One Solo He Considers His Best ...
MusicRadar - 23 Jun 2025
“It’s a cheap guitar, it sounds very direct, I did everything wrong, but I think they’re perfect notes”: Mark Knopfler names his favourite guitar solo ...
Guitar Player - 23 May 2025
“The intro guitar sound was somewhat of an accident.” Mark Knopfler’s now-famous tone on a Dire Straits monster hit was all down to dumb luck ...
Ultimate Guitar - 25 Jun 2025
'Everybody Shouted, 'No! Don't Touch It!'': Mark Knopfler Couldn't Nail His Guitar Tone For 'Money For Nothing' — Then This Happened ...
Guitar Player - 15 Apr 2025
“That's enough to make anybody who writes songs want to retire." Mark Knopfler on his difficult collaboration with his childhood hero, Bob Dylan ...
Guitar Player - 20 May 2025
“Playing four notes to the bar with your thumb changed everything for me.” Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be like Jimi Hendrix. He's revealed the guitarist who changed his mind ...
Guitar Player - 26 Feb 2025
"I’m pretty sure I played a lot of that stuff without looking." Mark Knopfler called it his most challenging Dire Straits song to perform. The reason has nothing to do with the guitar part ...
MusicRadar - 20 May 2025
“Playing four notes to the bar with your thumb... That changed everything for me, because that’s what I wanted to be able to do”: How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix until he ditched the pick and went fingerstyle ...
