All The Road Running - Mark Knopfler

As a fan of both Dire Straits and Knopflers solo work, I was filled with anxiety when I discovered that he had decided to enter the dreaded duet territory, albeit with an artist so gifted as Emmylou Harris. Although this might immediately sound the off-shoot of an inspired studio session it had actually been in the pipeline for 7 years or so. I needn’t have worried though, since the result is a fine piece of a Americana music. The albums mix of Knopflers rock guitar and Harris earthy country styling works in a way that few would have believed possible at first glance. But on closer inspection, it would appear that the Dire Straits frontman is very well ...