Mark Knopfler

Bob Dylan: Springtime in New York 1980-1985: The Bootleg Series, Volume 16 (5CD)

by Doug Collette
October 9, 2021

Generally speaking, revelations abound within the various installments of The Bootleg Series, Bob Dylan's ongoing archive initiative, and Volume 16 is no exception. But in listening to Springtime in New York, 1980- 1985, the epiphanies come in slow bursts, flashing over the course of the five CDs to generate a cumulative momentum that reaches a flash-point with the content taken from the much-maligned Empire Burlesque (Columbia, 1985). And that outcome in itself is a truly Dylanesque curve ball: pre-release anticipation ...

Bap Kennedy Enlists Mark Knopfler in Making of New CD, "Sailor's Revenge"

Source: conqueroo
April 30, 2012

Released on Proper American on June 5, album unites American, Irish traditions LONDON, U.K. — Bap Kennedy's solo career has been distinguished by fruitful partnerships with the brightest and best. His 1998 solo debut, Domestic Blues, was produced by Steve Earle, who has hailed the Belfast-based artist as “the best songwriter I ever heard." After Lonely Street (2000), a tribute to two of Kennedy's childhood musical heroes, Hank Williams and Elvis Presley, he recorded The Big Picture (2005) at the ...
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Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky (2009)

Source: Something Else!
March 31, 2011

By Mark Saleski So I was bored the other night and decided to flip through the on-demand offerings on the cable, and came across a short concert segment of Deep Purple doing “Space Truckin." This was mid-1970s excess at its purest: long hair, satin pants, platform shoes, banks of amplifiers, explosions. Yeah, Ritchie Blackmore sure did know his way around the fretboard, yet I couldn't help but giggle at the spectacle of the Stratocaster being played with the heel of ...
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New Work from Mark Knopfler

Source: JamBase
July 15, 2009

MARK KNOPFLER'S GET LUCKYTO BE RELEASED ON WARNER BROS. SEPTEMBER 15

Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler, of Dire Straits fame, will release his sixth studio album Get Lucky on September 15.

Recorded at Knopfler's British Grove Studios in West London, the 11-track Get Lucky was co-produced with longtime collaborators, engineer Chuck Ainlay and keyboardist Guy Fletcher in addition to several other musicians.

The album explores a lifetime of musical roots. “The first itinerant person I ever met would sing in soul ...
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Mark Knopfler | 6.24 | Red Rocks

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

Mark Knopfler :: 06.24 :: Red Rocks It's been said time and time again, and it's true, Red Rocks is one of the most beautiful places in the world to see a concert. However, there are some musicians that seem to bring out the beauty in the venue more than others, some musicians that just seem to have been molded with the venue in mind. Mark Knopfler is one of those musicians. His unmistakable guitar ...
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Mark Knopfler:kill to Get Crimson

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

By: David Higdon

Preparing to embark on a summer tour promoting his 2007 fall release, Kill to Get Crimson (Warner), Mark Knopfler has chosen a different approach to sharing his music with his fans. While not the pioneering free album giveaway concept revolutionized by such electronically visionary bands as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, Knopfler is instead combining his legendary live act with his crisp studio craftsmanship to offer a free copy of his fifth solo album for each pair ...
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Norah Jones, Ray Charles, Mark Knopfler, and Ben Harper -- All at the 24th Festival du Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz

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