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Review of Dave Matthews Band’s “Madman’s Eyes”

Historian, pastor and musician Raymond R. Roberts reviews Dave Matthews Band's latest single and considers the church's approach to violence.

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Dave Matthews Band’s latest single, “Madman’s Eyes,” opens with a mizmar playing a deeply rhythmic, hypnotic, Middle Eastern mini scale. Massed strings join, gliding from note to note, exploring micro tones along the way. Many will associate the unison orchestral style with Bollywood. The soundscape conjures visions of minarets, fragrant spices and what many Western ears will...

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