Reflecting on comments made by Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler who once named Bob Dylan as "the most important songwriter" ...

John Illsley, bass guitarist and co-founder of Dire Straits, is bringing The Life and Times of Dire Straits UK tour to Sussex later this year.

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

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

Morse says you really have to want to play when you have arthritis, but the good news is that he does, and he's determined to ...

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.

Dave Hill, guitarist and founding member of Slade, leads a show that revisits the anthemic, glam-tinged rock sound that ...

With their unmistakable sound, poetic song writing and genre-defining musicianship, Dire Straits conquered stages the world ...

That led to Bernier to suggest Monty could’ve picked another Bissonnette song, the one titled Chantal Machabée, written when ...

Have you ever checked out the songwriting credits on 1980s hit singles? You might be surprised by some of the names you find.