Mark Knopfler

Mark plays on ’17 Hills’, a track on Thomas Dolby’s CD A Map of the Floating City. The album is currently scheduled to be released late October, but this may …
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This year sees the 40th anniversary of The Old Grey Whistle Test. The OGWT was launched in the UK in 1971 and until 1998 it was the BBC’s flagship music …
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Mark is among the guests who feature on Back Pages, the new album from the band America. He plays on their cover of ‘Sailing To Philadelphia’.

In a coming together of two of the greatest living songwriters, Mark and his band will be joining Bob Dylan for a series of shows around England and Europe this …
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Mark has written to foreword to a new book written by his great friend, Rudy Pensa. The book, titled Archtop Guitars: The Journey from Cremona to New York, traces the …
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Mark is continuing to work on his next solo album. Musicians working with Mark on the new album are Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Glenn Worf (bass), Paul Franklin …
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On the 19th of May Mark, Guy, Luke Brighty, John McCusker and Danny Thompson, played a special charity gig before an invited audience at central London’s new Corinthia Hotel. The …
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Mark is featured on the new Greg Brown CD, Freak Flag, released on the 10th of May. Mark plays on the track Flat Stuff. More info on the album can …
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Mark is back in the studio to begin work on a new solo album. There is no release schedule for the moment. Further details will be posted as they become …
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Mark is among a number of artists who are featured on Diane Schuur’s new album, The Gathering, which is due for release on Vanguard Records on the 7th of June. …
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