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Chicago dance-pop duo Drama return to the stage to showcase their pre-pandemic album

by Jamie Ludwig July 19, 2021August 18, 2021

We’ll never know what might have been for any of us had 2020 turned out a little less soul crushing. But it feels extra bittersweet to imagine the possibilities for Chicago duo Drama, who released their debut album, Dance Without Me (Ghostly International), just before lockdown. Since joining forces in 2014, vocalist Via Rosa and […]

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Drama’s new Dance Without Me is for sad-but-sexy folks everywhere

by Jessi Roti March 26, 2020August 18, 2021

When the COVID-19 crisis subsides long enough for the concert circuit to start up again, you’ll want to see Chicago electro-R&B duo Drama live. But in the meantime, their new debut LP, Dance Without Me, might just be the record you need to get through your social isolation. An album for sad-but-sexy people everywhere, Dance […]

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Chicagoans Via Rosa and Na’el Shehade revel in all the queasy feelings of romantic love as Drama

by Leor Galil October 11, 2018August 18, 2021

Singer, producer, and chef Via Rosa moved to Chicago in 2010 to help take care of her grandmother and work with local production collective ThemPeople. As she told culture site Chicago Creatives last year, outside of family obligations, she spent the vast majority of her time during her first five years in the city working […]

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Chicago band Diagonal do mid-90s shoegaze so well they might have a time machine

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil June 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago band Diagonal do mid-90s shoegaze so well they might have a time machine, Save Money rapper Sterling Hayes talks mental health on a new mixtape, and more.