THIS IS US - MARK KNOPLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS
For the past seven years, Mark Knopfler, the voice and guitar of Dire Straits, and country legend Emmylou Harris have been quietly working together — who knew?
The lead single from their upcoming duet album is a relaxed, romantic folk-rocker with lush guitar licks and soulful call-and-response. Harris’ gorgeous voice melts Knopfler’s hillbilly coolness as both flash back through a montage of an “old” couple’s favorite snapshots. It is a breezy slice of 21st century Americana, uptempo and yet refreshingly unhurried, a simple melody that allows the two veteran voices to be themselves. The song is destined for triple-A radio and poised to make inroads at country.
