Klezmer music is the difficult bastard child of all world music genres. Taking Jewish liturgical music, local folk dances, Hasidic nigunnim, and Turkish classical theory and mashing it into a Yiddish aesthetic, Klezmer has never produced a marketable “star” in the genre, especially one who would appeal to people under the age of 70.
Until, maybe, now.
Josh Dolgin, the Montreal based DJ, beat box genius, Klezmer accordionist, (and magician and film animator) has been an underground star in Jewish music for about five years. With his new Cd “Ghettoblaster” coming out on JDub records, Dolgin – known as DJ Socalled – is finally breaking out of the ghetto of Klezmer festivals and getting wider attention.
