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For Mark Knopfler, Making Music Remains 'Everything That I Want To Do'

The former Dire Straits frontman went solo in 1995, and has since released 10 albums. Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Knopfler about his latest, "Down The Road Wherever."
Mark Knopfler performs in concert in 2013 in Los Angeles. (Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)

Mark Knopfler is out with a new album, his first in three years. He’s the former frontman for Dire Straits, the Grammy-winning British band that was one of the world’s best-selling acts from the late 1970s to the early ’90s. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.

Knopfler () went solo in 1995, and has since released 10 albums. ‘s Robin Young talks with Knopfler about his latest, “.”

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