Jesse Brown, a BoingBoing guest-blogger, is the host of TVO's Search Engine podcast.

Socalled AKA Josh Dolgin is an annoying, talented, annoyingly talented "buddy" of mine.

We used to make cartoons together but these days he's a big star on the European Klezmer circuit (!).

He fuses klezmer with hiphop, rediscovers aging novelty musicians and does stupid magic tricks. His live show is incredible.

I like this video of his better than his more successful one, but I'm usually difficult in that way. Enjoy!

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folkclarinet

I had no idea that Irving Fields was still alive! What a wonderful video! :)
Ben

My favorite holiday album is “Oy to the World,” traditional Christmas songs done in Klezmer style.

http://bit.ly/igQ5R
friendpuppy

You brainiac smart-asses didn’t know the meaning of Klezmer??
Anonymous

His shows *are* incredible. All the Jews in the house were singing along raucously because he takes a lot of songs from Yiddish theatre. I asked my friend working the back: “What’s the deal? Do all of you guys know these songs?” “Yep.”
fataltourist

Yeah, maybe you want to hyperlink Klezmer to wikipedia or something…
EH

Black Shabbos, anyone?
Anonymous

Awesome! I saw him at the Regina Folk Fest this year and they really surprised me! The beats and some tracks are very infectious. Not as good on CD but go see them live if you get a chance.
BarryLazar

Socalled fans can follow our progress on a feature length documentary The “Socalled” Movie at http://www3.onf.ca/blogs/socalled and on our website http://www.reframe-films.com. There are also some great concert pics on our flikr site.
Anonymous

He is very interesting! I agree with you, I prefer the video you post here more than the Cowboy one on YouTube, but that one is pretty pretty pan-musical.
Anonymous

Irving fields fans can catch Socalled, Gonzales and Irving Fields at Montreal’s Ex Centris theatre Sept 26.
Anonymous

reminds me of Beats Antique
joeposts

brilliant visual effect. Love his rapping too!
Timothy Hutton

Hey, I’ll admit it – I had to google “Klezmer”…
arkizzle / Moderator

Great :)

Also, check the Irish, North Strand Klezmer Band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsuGTeNIG_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-iseqCOATk
2k

I though this was sorta cool when I watched it yesterday and promptly forgot all about it…

Until ALL OF TODAY!

What IS that song your humming?

These are the good old days! nana nana NA nanananana

KlezHop freak Socalled

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