But Gilligan isn’t her only on-screen companion, either. Sanders has experimented with a rotating cast of characters — ...

The most divisive entry in Banjo-Kazooie may be the one that explains why the franchise disappeared and why its ideas feel somewhat familiar now.

The Banjo-Kazooie series has been dormant for over 16 years at this point, and composer Grant Kirkhope has "zero hope" that's ever going to change, even though he'd be up for reprising his role if it ...

Banjo-Kazooie, the iconic bird and bear duo who first stomped onto the scene in two excellent N64 platformers, almost looked very different. The story of how Banjo-Kazooie actually began development ...

The banjo is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, due in part to one epic player who's now going viral for her unique take on the country music staple.

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

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 ...

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A '90s TV commercial for N64 classic Banjo-Kazooie featured a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance from animatronic puppet versions of the titular bear and bird duo. Decades later, the Kazooie puppet ...

"My father was born with this instrument," Laemouahuma Daniel Jatta says. "This is part of our history." Jatta, 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: a ...

Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel comes to BBC iPlayer from Monday 5 January from 6am and weekly on the BBC Scotland channel on ...