Galactic’s unique sound is influenced by many musical genre’s including jazz, blues, rock and roll, funk, brass band, electronic and hip hop. To add to this brilliant musical amalgam, many of their recordings include performances by other artists of various styles of music … singers like Irma Thomas, Mavis Staples and David Shaw, as well as hip hop artists such as Chali Tuna and Boots Riley. Galactic is like they hail from … a gumbo of all the best (music) the Big Easy has to offer. Do not miss them whenever they are in town!