As Dire Straits’ seminal album Brothers in Arms celebrates its 40th anniversary, legendary six-stringer Mark Knopfler looks back on the songwriting process of the record's key tracks in an exclusive ...

Welcome to an all-star fantasy blues jam, featuring a greatest hits of blues players, their signature licks, and how to put them together and incorporate them in your own playing ...

It changes the tone and the legitimacy of what you do.” — Mark Knopfler As for Knopfler’s moment of fingerstyle enlightenment, take note of when it occurred: at night, when he was tired.

Watch Dire Straits playing “Sultans of Swing” live in 1983, featuring a jaw-dropping guitar performance from Mark Knopfler.