Bio

“APRIL is the cruellest month,” Writes T.S. Elliot in The Wasteland, “stirring/Dull roots with spring rain.” Fools for April;  two New York musicians, Dov Rosenblatt and C Lanzbom, are set on stirring up the dull roots of music with memory and desire with a rain of their own. 

    C and Dov met through serendipity. Their bands had crossed paths at many of New York City’s best-known venues like Irving Plaza, BB Kings, Knitting Factory, so they were aware of each other’s talents. Then, on a night off from his studio, C decided to catch Dov’s set at Rockwood Music Hall. C was blown away by Dov's voice and songwriting skills and invited him back to the studio. Within hours they had written and recorded their first song, “Long Division.”

      Listening to the tapes the next day, they realized that something special had taken over.  There seemed to be that magical element of filling in each other’s blanks that led to a sound bigger than the both of them, a fluid, frictionless sound that they had both been searching for.   And so, without hesitation, a new band was born and within a few weeks the pair had written over 15 songs together.

      FFA's music might be called folk-rock or even pop, but listen carefully, and you’ll hear subtleties that defy category.  It’s a music of flowing textures, gentle, rolling sheets of  sound laid one upon another, echoing from the streets of a city that gave the world music as diverse as  Dylan, the Velvet Underground, and  The Ramone’s.  With a bow to the greats that came before them--swatches of John Lennon singing at his piano, George Harrison’s mellifluous slide, early Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Fools for April have come up with a totally new, “old” sound.

      And with this new, exciting sound, Fools for April have been creating quite a buzz. They recently placed 2nd out of 2,700 bands in the New York City Songwriter’s Circle, were asked to play Carnegie Hall for an Elton John tribute also accompanying Shawn Colvin, Roger McGuinn, and Phoebe Snow. 2 FFA song were just featured on MTV’s season finale of “The Real World: Sydney" ("Fallin' At Your Feet" and "Excuse Me"), the band is getting radio airplay and reviews from some of the top critics in the city. 

Michael Dorf, the founder of the Knitting Factory in New York city said  Fools For April is “one of the better songwriting teams I have come across in a bunch of years!”