As a white Berklee College of Music graduate from Rhode Island, drummer Joe Gelini does not fit the typical Mardi Gras Indian profile. Historically, the music’s practitioners are black New Orleanians ...

Galactic saxophonist Ben Ellman produced “Funk ’n’ Feathers.” Ellman was a “great musical coach and a good motivational speaker, too,” Gelini said. Ellman crafted a contemporary production around Cha ...