 | | New album 'CARNIVALE ELECTRICOS' | | It's incredible that GALACTIC has never made a carnival album yet, but now it's here. |  To make CARNIVALE ELECTRICOS, the members of GALACTIC (Ben Ellman, harps and horns; Robert Mercurio, bass; Stanton Moore, drums and percussion; Jeff Raines, guitar; Rich Vogel, keyboards) draw on the skills, stamina, and funk they deploy in the all-night party of their annual Lundi Gras show that goes till sunrise and leads sleeplessly into Mardi Gras day.
GALACTIC was formed eighteen years ago in New Orleans, and they cut their teeth playing the biggest party in America: Mardi Gras, when the town shuts down entirely to celebrate. CARNIVALE ELECTRICOS is beyond a party record. It's a carnival record that evokes the electric atmosphere of a whole city – make that, whole cities – vibrating together all on the same day, from New Orleans all down the hemisphere to the mighty megacarnivals of Brazil. Armed with a slew of carnival-ready guests—including Cyril and Ivan Neville, Mystikal, Mannie Fresh, Moyseis Marques, Casa Samba, the KIPP Renaissance High School Marching Band, and Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (who remakes his all-time hit)—GALACTIC whisks the listener around the neighborhoods to feel the Mardi Gras moment in all its variety of flavors. |
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| 2/23 | 9:30 Club | Washington, DC | | | 2/24 | Union Transfer | Philadelphia, PA | | | 2/25 | Terminal 5 | New York, NY | | | 2/26 | House of Blues | Boston, MA | | | 2/28 | The Westcott Theater | Syracuse, NY | | | 2/29 | Mr. Small's Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA | | | 3/01 | Beachland Ballroom | Cleveland, OH | | | 3/02 | Park West | Chicago, IL | | | 3/03 | Cabooze | Minneapolis, MN | | | 3/04 | The Vogue Theatre | Indianapolis, IN | | | 3/14 | The Pageant | St. Louis, MO | | | 3/15 | Liberty Hall | Lawrence, KS | | | 3/16 | Ogden Theatre | Denver, CO | | | 3/17 | Ogden Theatre | Denver, CO | | | 3/18 | Belly Up | Aspen, CO | | | 3/20 | Knotty Pine | Victor, ID | | | 3/21 | The Wilma Theatre | Missoula, MT | | | 3/22 | Domino Room | Bend, OR | | | 3/23 | Showbox SoDo | Seattle, WA | | | 3/24 | The Crystal Ballroom | Portland, OR | | | 3/25 | Crystal Bay Club | Crystal Bay, NV | | | 3/27 | Moe's Alley | Santa Cruz, CA | | | 3/28 | Belly Up Tavern | Solana Beach, CA | | | 3/29 | El Rey Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 3/30 | The Fillmore | San Francisco, CA | |
| 3/31 | The Fillmore | San Francisco, CA | | | 4/01 | Hard Rock Cafe | Las Vegas, NV | | | 4/13 | McDowell Mountain
| Phoenix, AZ | | | 4/17 | Track 29 | Chattanooga, TN | | | 4/18 | The Cannery | Nashville, TN | | | 4/19 | Variety Playhouse | Atlanta, GA | | | 4/20 | Minglewood Hall | Memphis, TN | | | 4/27 | Tipitina's Uptown | New Orleans, LA | | | 5/05 | Tipitina's Uptown | New Orleans, LA | | | 5/06 | NOLA Jazz & Heritage | New Orleans, LA | | | 5/19 | Brown's Island | Richmond, VA | | | 6/03 | Michael Arnone's Crawfish | Augusta, NJ | |
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