New Orleans funk band Galactic has finalized the purchase of the famed Tipitina’s music club from its embattled owner, the band’s attorney told WWL-TV. Galactic’s attorney, Dino Gankendorff, confirmed ...

Tipitina’s employees met Monday for the first time with their new bosses — bosses they already knew in a different context: as musicians. The five members of the local funk band Galactic, who have ...

New Orleans funk band Galactic has been working on a deal to purchase the fabled Tipitina’s music club from its embattled owner, according to several sources close to the negotiations. The current ...

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 ...

Galactic keyboardist Rich Vogel had occasion to look back and reflect on the career of his band during a recent interview and had to admit, it’s pretty satisfying to consider how Galactic has gone ...

In the perpetual twilight of their Uptown rehearsal studio’s control room, the members of Galactic anxiously await Irma Thomas’ verdict. Months earlier, Thomas, the venerated Soul Queen of New Orleans ...

For 20 years, the New Orleans band Galactic has made people dance at clubs, festivals, house parties — you name it. "A first-rate funk band" is how The New York Times describes it. Saxophone player ...

MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm Maureen Cavanaugh, and you're listening to These Days on KPBS. It's always been hard to define the music of the group Galactic. The five member band out of New Orleans ...

Sprinkled liberally throughout the discography of Galactic — the New Orleans avant-jam-funk band that returns to Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, Aug. 16 — are albums that revolve around certain ...