Rosu Lup

Violins, horns, handclaps, and acoustic guitar all blend perfectly in Rosu Lup’s new tune “Shorelines”. The minute-and-a-half intro sounds like something from an old TV show before progressing into what you could call a power folk ballad.

(Hear More – Folkadelphia Session: Rosu Lup Performing with an Orchestra)

The new release builds more buzz around their upcoming performance at the Northern Liberties Winter Music Festival on February 12th at The Fire where they will be joined by other local acts such as Pine Barons, Family Vacation, and Chelsea Mitchell (of Dirty Dollhouse). Get tickets here. - The Key - XPN - Katrina Murray

Last month, Philadelphia band Rosu Lup stopped by WXPN’s Folkadelphia show to perform a few songs for the radio station. The band, which consists of guitarist Josh Marsh,
drummer Jonny Miller, Colin Lynch on guitar and banjo and Jonathan Stewart on bass was also joined by a five-piece orchestra for the recording.

Photographer Doug Seymour joined the band for a few practices and the final performance. Check out his images in the gallery below, and listen to the performance in the player below. If you like what you hear, you can download the whole session for free. - Paste Magazine

The sound of birds, the wind blowing through the trees, the sound of waves crashing against the beach: these are classic examples of what many would call the music of nature. With many of us now living inside the confines of concrete jungles across the globe, the sounds of nature become very out of reach. This is where real music comes into play. Philadelphia’s own Rosu Lup has taken that sound and immersed the listener into what it feels like to walk through the woods, to hear that stream, and to become one with the world around them. - fourculture

The stars aligned for us for this week’s Folkadelphia Session featuring Philadelphia’s Rosu Lup, a fairly new act that has started to figure out their own voice. On their EP Currents, released this past Spring, the band blends a variety of ideas and sounds; inside, I hear the epic qualities of Sigur Ros, the pop sensibilities of Great Lake Swimmers, and the intimate orchestration (genre alert: chamber folk) of Horse Feathers or Lost In The Trees. I also hear something wholly “Rosu Lupine” on the EP – a certain je ne sais quoi that bines the thoughts, ideas, orchestration together for major musical synergy, but perhaps that is why these guys are a band. It’s not about putting instruments in competent players’ hands, it’s about their chemistry and imagination. - Fred Knittel- WXPN