Socalled
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Joshua Dolgin (born December 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and record producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer, and other styles such as drum & bass and folk music. A pianist and accordion player, he has taught the latter at Klezfest London, where he has also run workshops in "hiphopkele".[1] He has played with clarinetist David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!, Michael Winograd and has also worked with artists such as rappers C-Rayz Walz, Chilly Gonzales, funk trombonist Fred Wesley, and Sophie Solomon. Dolgin has Ukrainian, Romanian and Russian roots.[2]
Life and career
Dolgin's Socalled collective and guests celebrated the Jewish Festival of Lights with the seasonal concert "Hip Hop Hanukkah" in 2007.[3] 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 Ukraine.[4]
In 2013, his remix of Moe Koffman's "Curried Soul" became the new theme music for CBC Radio One's As It Happens.[5]
His 2011 recording "Work With What You Got" was co-written by and features vocals by calypso musician The Mighty Sparrow.[6]
Discography
Albums
- HiphopKhasene (with Solomon) (2003)
- Consensus: Live in Concert (with Beyond the Pale) (2005)
- The So Called Seder: A Hip Hop Haggadah (2005)
- Ghettoblaster (2007)
- SleepOver (2011)
- The Season (A musical presented during the Pop Montreal festival with Yves Lambert, Katie Moore, Rich Ly, Josh Goldman, Yassin "The Narcicyst" and Josh Dolgin) (2013)
- Peoplewatching (2015)
- Isaac Babel's Tales From Odessa: A Socalled Yiddish Musical (2017)
- Di Frosh (with Kaiser Quartett) (2018)
- The 2nd Season (2019)
Singles
- "(These Are The) Good Old Days" (2007)
- "You Are Never Alone" (2007)
- "(Rock The) Belz" (2007)
Self
- The Socalled Movie (2010)
References
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- ↑ "As It Happens 'Curried Soul' theme remixer Socalled on how to remix a classic". CBC Music, September 4, 2013.
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External links
- Socalled, official site
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- The "Socalled" Movie at NFB.ca
- Exclaim.ca September 2007 Interview with Socalled
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- 1976 births
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Canadian rappers
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Canadian gay musicians
- Canadian hip-hop record producers
- Canadian LGBTQ rappers
- Canadian male rappers
- Canadian people of Romanian-Jewish descent
- Canadian people of Russian-Jewish descent
- Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- Gay Jews
- Gay rappers
- 21st-century male rappers
- Jewish Canadian musicians
- Jewish hip-hop record producers
- Jewish rappers
- Klezmer musicians
- Label Bleu artists
- Living people
- Musicians from Montreal
- Musicians from Ottawa