Mark Knopfler looks back on Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits’ “sheer fluke” that made him a reluctant superstar

Brothers In Arms reinvented Knopfler and gave him more fame than he could handle. 40 years on, in a rare interview, the band ...

The ZZ Top song Mark Knopfler said was what music was “all about”

During the peak of the commercial powers, Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler looked to ZZ Top's boogie rock numbers for ...

“She had nailed her interpretation of that song before she came to the studio”: When Heaven 17 revived Tina Turner’s career

The album’s cast of guest singers was a motley crew that included Billy Mackenzie of the Associates, Paula Yates and a ...

Paul Weller, The National’s Matt Berninger, Bastille to play Royal Albert Hall for Streets of London’s ‘Starry Night’ charity gig for homeless

Paul Weller, The National's Matt Berninger, Bastille will play the Royal Albert Hall for ‘Starry Night’ fundraiser in aid of ...
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"She was in that cavewoman outfit, doing her dance with a big wig and the two dancers going at it. I’m like: ‘This is really not me.’”: Heaven 17 on their unlikely role ...

In a new interview with The Telegraph, Glenn Gregory remembers performing the track on stage with Turner for Channel Four’s ...
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Today in Music History for Oct. 26: In 1813, English organist Henry Smart was born. Though largely self-taught, he published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: ...
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Dire Straits' bassist John Illsley reveals why he swapped the recording studio for the art studio — and his consuming passions

John Illsley rose to fame as the bassist of the Dire Straits, but nowadays you're more likely to find him in an art studio.