These newspaper guys do my head in, I know I shouldn't get annoyed but all they want to do is have an "angle" to write about, but stuff like this is just lazy rubbish.
"Like many ageing rock stars, Knopfler (59) has sought late-career refuge in the understated authenticity of roots music."
Roots is where he started back in 1970 or even earlier and as we know he's 58. Just because Robert Plant is getting into it now ..it's the thing to do what crap. And does that mean he can't do the other "pop/rock" stuff so he's chickening out how narrow minded.
and .. "He is nowadays to be found collaborating with country-rock royalty"
nowadays? always did? and I don't like labels but he could be mistaken himself for country rock royalty.
Don't mind opinions but hate people talking about something they know nothing about and this guys knows nothing about music or Knopfler. If he had said he thought it was boring and didn't like it fare enough but this stuff is all incorrect.
There happy now

- plonker
Nothing to be too upset about,
IMO. Except maybe for getting all facts wrong. Well, I must admit that I found that funny too