It was a rainy night in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, when Mark Knopfler found himself in a small pub watching a Dixieland jazz band playing to an audience of less than a handful of drunken patrons. The ...

Hi! I'm Isaac, an ""outside-the-box"" Gen-Z music producer and composer. My work spans musical theatre, concept albums, and collaborations with artists and songwriters on creative pop records. I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. “Sultans of Swing” gives Dire Straits its first streaming hit in ...