Guardian Music — Event showcases dynamic new wave of folk musicians, while honouring lifetime achievements of Norma Waterson and Joan ArmatradingRhiannon Giddens was named folk singer of the year in the annual BBC Folk awards at a packed Royal Albert Hall, with a str... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Rolling Stone has published their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2015. As always, it has older artists who don't seem to pop up on many other lists (Madonna, Darlene Love, Mark Knopfler, Boz Scaggs, Keith Richards, James... more info

The Independent — There's a glorious familiarity to a Mark Knopfler performance. Much of this comes from the rapport he has with his crew: a fantastic bunch of multi-instrumentalists who share plenty of banter with their leading man. more info

The Telegraph — Tracker is emotional and carefully observed, says Neil McCormick, but it lacks the epic scope of Dire Straits more info

Stereogum — Tracker is the latest solo album from Mark Knopfler, who is best known for his work as the frontman and lead guitarist for Dire Straits. Knopfler reflected to Rolling Stone about playing with Dire Straits in the early ’90s, after the band’s peak ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Philly band The War on Drugs had the biggest year ever thanks to their amazing album Lost in the Dream which topped a bunch of year end lists and landed on countless others, including our own. If you're a... more info

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Stereogum — We’re well into January, and this week we saw a massive amount of new album news. We got teasers and tracklists from folks like Björk, Waxahatchee, Purity Ring, Matt And Kim, Lightning Bolt, Death Cab For Cutie, JEFF The Brotherhood, Mark Knopfler... more info

Stereogum — Given how much people liked the War On Drugs’ Lost In The Dream, this seems like an ideal time for Mark Knopfler to come back. Knopfler, the Dire Straits guitar wizard, was a huge influence on that floating ’80s-rock guitar tone, the “beer comm... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bryan Ferry, who is currently on tour in North America, has just announced his new album, Avonmore, will be released on November 17. The record features contributions from Johnny Marr, Nile Rodgers, Flea, Ronnie Spector, Mark Knopfler, Maceo Parker..... more info