After the resounding success of "Sailing to Philadelphia," which sold over three million copies in two years, Mark Knopfler took the shrewd initiative to bring together the musicians who played on the aforementioned album for the recording of "The Ragpicker’s Dream." In the west, nothing new. This new album is the younger brother of the previous one. The Sultan of swing plays with his usual class, the timbre of his voice is still as warm and soothing, his sense of composition inspired, and the exotic charm of Why Aie Man, the first single from the album and a tribute to the Native Americans, is designed to propel "The Ragpicker’s Dream" to the top of the charts worldwide. As always, the influence of JJ Cale remains predominant, which is not a bad thing...
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