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Josh Dolgin , aka Socalled , is a Canadian rapper and producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop , klezmer and other styles, for example drum & bass and other types of folk music. A pianist and accordion player, he has taught the latter at Klezfest London , where he has also run workshops in "hiphopkele".cite web | title = Who’s Who in KlezFest, Ot Azoy& #33; and the Jewish Song School 2005 | work = Jewish Music Institutes | publisher = University of London | date = 2005-03-25 | url = http://www.jmi.org.uk/ashkenazimusic/events/05_faculty.html#jd | accessdate = 2008-01-03 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080311081205/ http://www.jmi.org.uk/ashkenazimusic/events/05_faculty.html#jd |archivedate = 2008-03-11 He has played with clarinetist David Krakauer 's Klezmer Madness!, and has also worked with artists such as rapper C-Rayz Walz , Chilly Gonzales , funk trombonist Fred Wesley , and Sophie Solomon . Dolgin has Ukrainian, Romanian and Russian roots.cite news|url= http://mg.co.za/article/2011-06-23-canadas-jewish-cowboy-combines-klezmer-with-electro |author=Viatteau, Michel |title=Canada's 'Jewish cowboy' combines Klezmer with electro|publisher= The Mail & Guardian |date=2011-06-23|accessdate=2011-09-15
Dolgin's Socalled collective and guests recently celebrated the Jewish Festival of Lights with the seasonal concert "Hip Hop Hanukkah ".cite news | last = Roberts | first = Rob | title = If you do just five things this week | work =National Post | publisher = CanWest Global Communications | date = 2007-12-07 | url = http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2007/12/07/if-you-do-just-five-things-this-week-dec-8.aspx | accessdate = 2008-01-03 He is the subject of The "Socalled" Movie , a documentary released in 2010 by Garry Beitel for the National Film Board of Canada , which also features Krakauer and Wesley. The documentary includes footage of the first "Klezmer Cruise", in which a boatload of klezmer fans sailed down the Dnieper River in the Ukraine .cite news | last = C | first = Scott | title = My Socalled column | work = Montreal Mirror | publisher = Quebecor | date = 2007-05-24 | url = http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/052407/incubator.html | accessdate = 2008-01-03 He released a new album, entitled Sleepover , on May 3, 2011.
Discography
Albums
Consensus-live in concert (with beyond the pale)
HiphopKhasene (with Sophie Solomon|Solomon ) (2003)
The So Called Seder: A Hip Hop Haggadah (2005)
Ghettoblaster (2007)
SleepOver (2011)
Singles
"(These Are The) Good Old Days" (2007)
"You Are Never Alone" (2007)
"(Rock The) Belz" (2007)
References
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External links
http://www.socalledmusic.com/ Socalled, official site
http://onf.ca/blogs/socalled The "Socalled" Movie , film blog
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=114& csid2=946& fid1=27367 Exclaim.ca September 2007 Interview with Socalled
http://www.nfb.ca/film/the_good_old_days_socalled Watch The Good Old Days , a short film featuring Socalled, at NFB.ca
Persondata | NAME = Dolgin, Josh | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Socalled (stage name) | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian rapper | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Socalled Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Montreal Category:Anglophone Quebec people Category:Canadian rappers Category:Canadian hip hop record producers Category:Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Category:Canadian people of Romanian-Jewish descent Category:Canadian people of Russian-Jewish descent Category:LGBT musicians from Canada Category:LGBT Jews Category:Jewish Canadian musicians Category:Klezmer musicians Category:Gay musicians
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