GREAT BARRINGTON — When the New Orleans funk collective Galactic goes on tour, they face only one limitation: a repertoire featuring a long list of irreplaceable players. Galactic has spent the last ...

“Audience With the Queen,” the noteworthy new album by Irma Thomas and Galactic, came about after two separate conversations collided. Over their 30-year-career, New Orleans funk band Galactic has ...

During Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, the six-piece funk outfit Galactic always goes home for a standing gig at a favorite French Quarter club. At least it has for the past eight or nine years, ...

Not surprisingly, the big weekend of the 2024 Mardi Gras season is jam-packed with live music — and Lundi Gras and Fat Tuesday are a bit livelier than a typical Monday and Tuesday. Big Freedia, the ...

Galactic fell in love with the local funk scene while watching legendary artists like Professor Longhair, The Meters and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. They're also inspired by hip-hop and electronica ...