Image by Nick_the_Photographer on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Joshua Dolgin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Socalled, Josh Dolgin
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". 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 Russi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joshua
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Ottawa
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- McGill University
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.socalledmusic.com
- Image
- Socalled.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1976-12-28
- Commons category
- Socalled
- pseudonym
- Socalled
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 2241
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Life and career
- Discography
- Albums
- Singles
- Self
- References
- External links
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". 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.
==Life and career== In 2000 he composed music for the documentary film Man of Grease.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joshua Dolgin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.