The breezy early-'70s favorite carried a Canadian trio onto the international charts and inspired a country remake.

The long-awaited return of Banjo-Kazooie remains uncertain, but a recent revelation from franchise composer Grant Kirkhope ...

Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope says he'd still love to work on the series, but pitches for its return have been turned ...

FRVR had a chat with Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope, and he says that at least 3 studios have pitched Microsoft on the idea of a BK return. Obviously those pitches never panned out, but details ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

The banjo gets a bum rap. A staple of American country music, its bright tone and rhythmic clangor threaten to overwhelm musical gatherings of other, milder string-band instruments, such as guitar, ...

The Black Banjo Reclamation Project aims to put banjos into the hands of everyday people. Paul Ruta Of all the melodic musical instruments in the world, perhaps none is more connected to the land it ...