RAMBLING ON WITH A BI-COASTAL VIBE

The members of The Rosewood Thieves first met at a California boarding school in the early ‘00s, began playing music together in New York in late 2005 and have spent the past few years figuring out how to mesh their laidback, country-rock roots with the hip, indie-rock swagger of their current Brooklyn address. “For some reason, I’m drawn to the older music of my parents, like T.Rex, The Beatles and Solomon Burke,” guitarist/ vocalist Erick Jordan says. “We try to stay true to the way music was meant to be played. We record our songs live, trying not to do too much and trying not to do too little.” Since the beginning, the quintet’s approach has been persistence and patience: Recording in bedrooms and barns, releasing a series of well-received EPs, hosting a Levon Helm-style musical ramble for peace and eventually releasing its first album, Rise and Shine. “We are always playing music at all times of the day,” Jordan admits. “And, sometimes, the best experiences are in someone’s living room at 3 a.m..” www.rosewoodthieves.com