It’s easy to forget they are there. Locked away and not often talked about, the mentally ill are still a taboo in much of American culture; they are perceived as somewhat alien. Read more...

To exemplify the influence blues guitarist and singer Muddy Waters had on the music world, filmmaker Robert Gordon describes an early ’60s Rolling Stones concert. The band, whose name also comes from a Waters’ song, covered “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” one of Waters’ biggest hits. Read more...

When Weiko Lin, the UCLA alumnus, playwright and director who brought to campus the musicals “Parachute Kid” and “Heavenly Peace,” immigrated to the United States at age 8 his father remained in their home country, Taiwan. Read more...

They’re here, they’re queer, and they’re blind dating. The first gay Art to Heart was out in the open at an event filled with UCLA students, eclectic music, finger snacks and art. Read more...

Coachella, taking place in scenic Indio and featuring scores of bands on four stages, was this spring’s biggest music festival in Southern California. Naturally, dB was there to give you the best coverage of the event. Read more...

Popular music is, by its very nature, antagonistic. Artists creating rock and hip-hop are constantly trying to tear down old, out-dated paradigms of a generation, or perhaps of a few weeks earlier, and to replace it with something new and fresh. Read more...

While most college students have enough difficulty deciding on a major, it’s hard to believe that someone like Shujaat Husain Khan started preparing for his career when he was just 3 years old. Read more...