Jack Sonni/Facebook Musician Jack Sonni, who was best known for his tenure as the Dire Straits’ guitarist, has died. He was 68. Sonni’s death was confirmed by the band Dire Straits Legacy ...

Brothers in Arms,’ the album that consolidated and ended the band, turns 40 and is being reissued as a luxury item. Its ...

Dire Straits were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s, making 1985’s world-beating Brothers In Arms album before guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler ended the band at the height of ...

Mark Knopfler was a unique force in the 1970s. Emerging as an unexpected presence during a strange in-between era without any major explosive acts leading the way, Dire Straits managed to popularise ...

Mark Knopfler was becoming recognised as a guitar hero for a new generation, but he still idolised the legends of decades prior.

Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler has revealed he got his guitar playing style from strumming tennis rackets with his sister as a child. The 74-year-old said he had always been left-handed ...

From AC/DC to Dire Straits, Slash explains how these bands changed his life and inspired him to pick-up a guitar, and why you should get to know them, too. With a few musical curveballs thrown in ...