David Knopfler - Career - 1990-present

1990-present

Lifelines in 1991 released by Phonogram, was recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. The album was followed in 1993 by The Giver, released by MESA/Bluemoon in the U.S., and Ariola in Europe. Its sparse, acoustic arrangements received positive reviews, as did 1995's Small Mercies, which Knopfler co-produced with Harry Bogdanovs, featuring Chris White on saxophone. In 2001 Knopfler worked with Bogdanovs again to co-produce the album Wishbones, which has guest appearances by Chris Rea and Eddi Reader.

His ninth solo album, Ship of Dreams, which also included Chris Rea, was released in 2004. In May 2005, he published a book of poetry titled Blood Stones and Rhythmic Beasts, which was released by the UK's BlackWing books (ISBN 0955026008).

The U.S./Canadian jazz label Justin Time Records released Ship of Dreams in October 2005 with an alternate rendition of "Tears Fall" featuring Megan Slankard (replacing Julia Neigel on the original European release).

Knopfler's tenth solo album Songs for the Siren was released in 2006.

Recent songwriting projects with other artists have included sessions with Amilia Spicer, Mack Starks, Megan Slankard and Wendy Lands. He played various acoustic and electric gigs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Turkey and Australia from 2007 to 2009 with Harry Bogdanovs and his band.

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