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1985’s Brothers In Arms reinvented Mark Knopfler’s songcraft and guitar style – and rewarded Dire Straits with more fame than they could handle. 40 years later, in a rare interview, the band look back on the biggest British rock album of the 80s

CONCERT HEAVEN Careful the tale you tell Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lepper (piano) et al Wigmore Hall (December 2020) My ‘Concert Heaven’ choice is a recital called ‘Careful the tale you tel

The punk rock landmark that keeps on giving celebrates half a century with an expanded anniversary edition produced by bassist Tony Shanahan.

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Big Thief are jetlagged. The American band, whose sixth album Double Infinity came out recently, are sprawled around a hotel room in King’s Cross, Central London. And singer and chief songwriter Adria

I guess my main preoccupations at 16 were just trying to stay out of trouble. I was incredibly unsuccessful with finding girlfriends and things like that. Really, very, very unsuccessful. I think I wa