Some of the most enduring songs are the ones that completely buck tradition and convention, that is, they’re songs that a publisher would laugh you out of his office over if you were pitching. It’s ...

Forming an opinion on classic British rockers Dire Straits isn’t probably high on your to-do list. Unless you’re already a fan, the band is maybe nothing more than that “Sultans of Swing” song, or ...

Now, Lloyd has returned to her roots to shreddify another pillar of rock guitar lore, this time taking on the snappy, sultry fingerstyle lines of Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing. It goes without saying ...

Hi! I'm Isaac, an ""outside-the-box"" Gen-Z music producer and composer. My work spans musical theatre, concept albums, and collaborations with artists and songwriters on creative pop records. I ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. For the past 13 years, multi-talented musician and master guitarist Mel ...

There’s no doubt that Mark Knopfler carved out quite a legacy with the music he composed and released under the banner of Dire Straits. The group logged a series of successful singles that continue to ...

Now called simply the Straits, the group features Alan Clark and Chris White, and will focus on familiar hits like 'Sultans of Swing' and 'Money for Nothing,' among others. Clark was with Dire Straits ...

The trick over the sequence that underpins our solo is to lean into the Bm7 chord, as B Minor and D Major Pentatonics contain ...