Tracker employs Celtic undertones.
Mark Knopfler
Tracker (Rock)
Rating: 4 stars
There are very few so-called songwriters who use the medium to tell a story. Top of the list of those who do is Mark Knopfler.
On first listening Knopfler's records sound deceptively simple. Sure, his formula is straightforward: tell a story, throw in a few
licks of understated guitar, and Bob's your uncle. Deceptive? Yes it is.
On Tracker Knopfler uses a similar approach to the one he has applied to a clutch of first-class albums over the past decade or so. Add in his longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher, and his trusty studio band, a notebook full of new stories to tell, and we're away on another journey.
Again Tracker employs Celtic undertones through the accompaniment of fiddle, cittern, whistle and wooden flute. There are also brilliant touches on sax and trumpet, even ukelele and washboard. In keeping with Knopfler's style the music is simple but subtle and with depth.
