Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penned as the theme of Bill Forsyth's 1983 comedy-drama film, Local Hero, Going Home is up there as one of the greatest ...

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Dire Straits is known as the biggest British rock band of the '80s, and for good reason. Bursting onto the music scene in 1977, the group was founded by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler, ...

The 74-year-old guitar great has released a song from the record titled “Ahead of the Game” as an advance digital track. The song is a shuffling, mid-tempo melodic rock tune showcasing Knopfler’s ...

Mark Knopfler is on the short list for greatest guitarists of all time, having produced many of the most iconic solos still played today on the air guitar while driving (safely). Perhaps his greatest ...

Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms turned 40 years old in May. It was a record that solidified Mark Knopfler’s reputation as one of the finest guitar talents of his generation The band became poster boys ...

The new LP offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and ...

Dire Straits guitar legend Mark Knopfler recently earned millions by selling his guitar collection to Christie's, and he also announced a new solo album, One Deep River, which is set to come out this ...

Despite the monumental success of tracks like Sultans of Swing and Money For Nothing, Mark Knopfler says his favorite ever guitar solo from his repertoire is a solo he recorded on a cheap electric ...