http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/hasom_musicology_me/rss Recent eScholarship items from Musical Editions Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:32:21 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/26v4p11q <p>This study explores a particular musical-cultural ideology by interpreting and contextualizing the music of a specific popular music artist.&nbsp; The progressive/hard rock band Rush exemplifies what Dr. Bowman calls the “post-counterculture.”&nbsp; This involves individualism, libertarianism, entrepreneurialism, technique, and an unusually large sub-community of fans who were, or are, musicians themselves.&nbsp; Rush’s music also inscribes an interest not in rock music’s reactive-revolutionary tendencies but, rather, in its adaptive-evolutionary potential.&nbsp; Geddy Lee’s countertenor singing style and virtuosic bass playing, Alex Lifeson’s precise-yet-tuneful guitar playing, and Neil Peart’s elaborately constructed drumming and “middle-brow” lyrics comprise the central features of Rush’s music.&nbsp; The band’s music often includes aspects of progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and individualism.&nbsp; However, as the band evolved, it also increasingly engaged with... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/26v4p11q Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bowman, Durrell, PhD