Dire Straits

Essential Guides

The 2019 Roundup: 10 most popular interviews

13th December 2019

We check out the most talked-about interviews of the year.

Features

“Having good chops definitely helps, but it’s not the whole story”: Mark Knopfler on musicianship

12th August 2019

Despite leading one of the world’s biggest bands, Mark Knopfler reckons he’s an underachiever. In this interview, the former Dire Straits man talks playing live, songwriting and collaborating with the legendary Chet Atkins.

Intermediate

Learn To Play… Sultans Of Swing

5th November 2018

Learn to play Dire Straits' 'Sultans Of Swing', with the help of Ollie from Your Guitar Academy.

Music

Mark Knopfler announces new album, ‘Down The Road Wherever’

20th September 2018

It’s accompanied by a single, “Good on You Son.”