MARK KNOPFLER - ONE DEEP RIVER - DELUXE EDITION (2CD)

One Deep River is Marks sixth consecutive studio album to be recorded at his British Grove Studios and his first since 2018s Down The Road Wherever. When Covid restrictions eased, Mark reconvened at BG with longtime band members and collaborators such as Guy Fletcher, Danny Cummings, Richard Bennett, Glenn Worf, Jim Cox and others, with the addition of first-time contributor Greg Leisz on pedal and lap steel and acoustic guitar.

Says Mark of the new album, which he co-produced with longtime confidant Fletcher: It was back to the old-fashioned idea of a band making a record together in the room, which maybe in the more youth-oriented side of the industry has become quite rare, because everyone uses loads of technology. We do too, but what we do is we combine the old and the new. If it works, I use it.

With these songs, you can see them coming together very quickly, with a band like this. Youre in a game where youre making the th