Mark Knopfler News

 
Belfast Telegraph
Mark Knopfler Receives Lifetime Achievement Honor at UK's Ivor Novello Awards
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Mark Knopfler was among the honorees at the UK's prestigious Ivor Novello Awards for songwriters, held Thursday in London. The ex-Dire Straits singer and guitarist was presented with the Lifetime Achievement prize, acknowledging his accomplishments ...
Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler wins Ivor Novello awardJournal Live
Ed Sheeran and Adele take Ivor Novello AwardsThe Independent
Adele wins two Ivor Novello Awards but loses out to PJ Harvey and Ed SheeranTelegraph.co.uk
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Grateful Web
Bap Kennedy enlists Mark Knopfler for new Proper CD
Grateful Web
The Big Picture caught the ear of Mark Knopfler, who took Kennedy on tour with him as a guest artist and offered to produce his next album. Scheduling conflicts prevented Knopfler from working on 2009's Howl On, a song cycle focusing on the Apollo moon ...


 
Fender music to Clapton's ears, but not investors'
MarketWatch
However, despite tributes from the likes of Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler to its guitar sound — the soundness of its financials is another picture entirely. Fender operates today in the fragmented and slow-moving musical instrument industry and one ...

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Korea Times
When music was really music
Korea Times
Once every so often, I go to YouTube and watch and listen to what have become oldies, my favorite being “Sultans of Swing” by Dire Straits headed by Mark Knopfler. Experts in the area say Knopfler is one of the best guitarists in the world but I beg to ...


 
Botti making a big impression with new CD
Chicago Sun-Times
And as is often the case on a Botti CD, the album is not without its special guests; this time out the roster includes Andrea Bocelli, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler, Herbie Hancock, David Foster and violinist Caroline Campbell. One very special “guest” on ...

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ROCK AND RIBS: Annual rib event adds sizzle on Flats West Bank
The Morning Journal
With more than 70 minutes of music, Michael Stanley's latest record, “The Hang,” contains 12 new original Stanley compositions, along with covers of tunes written by Dire Strait's Mark Knopfler and songwriter-extraordinaire Patty Griffin. Continued...


 
Concern Foundation for Cancer Research Announces Music Publisher Lance Freed ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Lance's company, Rondor Music, currently represents many active songwriters and artists including Rod Temperton, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt and DOC among others. Lance's honorary committee for the Concern event ...