So, there's yacht rock. And then, there's boat music. And Dire Straits' 1985 feel-good rock anthem "Walk of Life" is the ultimate boat music. It's the kind of uplifting track -- with its catchy ...

Mark Knopfler explains why he retired the Dire Straits franchise after 1991’s On Every Street but not from making new music, ...

If your feed suddenly feels full of Dire Straits riffs, you are not imagining it. Between Mark Knopfler’s ongoing projects, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The band Dire Straits during the recording of "Brothers In Arms" - from left to right Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, ...

Dire Straits earns chart success in the U.K. as two greatest hits albums reenter the Official Albums chart, while “Sultans of Swing” surges once again. AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Photo of DIRE STRAITS ...

Dire Streets will perform Dire Straits classics, including Sultans of Swing and Telegraph Road, at the Regal Tenbury Wells on Saturday, October 17.

The cult British band Dire Straits Legacy says goodbye to the Bulgarian audience with two large-scale concerts in Burgas and Veliko Tarnovo - on September 30th and October 1st. There are still last ...

Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler always had a deep affinity for country music, citing legends like Willie Nelson and the pedal steel guitar work of Jerry Byrd and Paul Franklin, who worked on the band’s ...

The guitarist has no apparent desire to reunite the band, but says this tune reminds him of the thrill of playing to huge crowds ...

Biting the hand that feeds you usually doesn’t end up great. In the case of Dire Straits, they released a song that took aim at MTV. And it was at a time when the network could make or break you. That ...