Mark Knopfler joins host Raina Douris

Mark Knopfler has been obsessed with making music since he was a teenager, and on his tenth solo album, One Deep River, he still is. Mark discusses the determination it takes to make it as a musician, the brotherhood that comes from playing in bands, and looks back on early days with Dire Straits and playing for Bob Dylan.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Rickie Lee Jones “Flying Cowboys” Flying Cowboys

Mark Knopfler “One Deep River” One Deep River

Mark Knopfler “Ahead of the Game” One Deep River

Dire Straits “Money For Nothing” Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing” Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler “Watch Me Gone” One Deep River

Bob Dylan “Gotta Serve Somebody” Slow Train Coming

Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” Going Home: Theme from Local Hero

Lianne La Havas “Green and Gold” WC Recording

Waxahatchee “Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)” Tigers Blood

Smashing Pumpkins “Landslide” Pisces Iscariot

Hour Two
Shawn Colvin “Tenderness On The Block” Fat City

Dr. Dog “Talk is Cheap” Dr. Dog

Calexico “Cumbia de Donde” Edge of The Sun

Mt. Joy “Highway Queen” single

R.E.M. “The One I Love” Document

Surfer Blood “Anchorage” Astro Coast

Suzanne Vega “Tom’s Diner” Live at the World Cafe

Elvis Costello “You Bowed Down” World Cafe performance

Nikka Costa “Keep It High” Dirty Disco

Devon Gilfillian “Get Out and Get It” Black Hole Rainbow

Hippo Campus “Souls” WC Recording

Amos Lee “Hold On Tight” Transmissions

Arlo Parks “Hurt” Collapsed In Sunbeams

Brigitte Calls Me Baby “Impressively Average” This House is Made of Corners

Bruce Springsteen “Prove It All Night” Darkness On The Edge of Town

The Mavericks “Here Comes My Baby” Best Of The Mavericks