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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = ''Matachin''
| Type = studio
| name = Matachin
| Longtype =
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Bellowhead]]
| artist = [[Bellowhead]]
| Cover = Bellowhead-Matachin.jpg
| cover = Bellowhead-Matachin.jpg
| Released = 2008
| alt =
| Recorded =
| released = 22 September 2008
| Genre = Folk
| recorded =
| Length = 51:57
| venue =
| Label = Navigator Records
| studio =
| genre = [[English folk music|English folk]]
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| length = 51:57
| label = Navigator Records
| Last album = ''[[Burlesque (album)|Burlesque]]'' <br/> (2006)
| producer =
| This album = ''Matachin'' <br/> (2008)
| Next album = ''[[Hedonism (album)|Hedonism]]'' <br/> (2010)
| prev_title = [[Burlesque (Bellowhead album)|Burlesque]]
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Hedonism (album)|Hedonism]]
| next_year = 2010
}}
}}


'''''Matachin''''' is the second album by [[Bellowhead]], released on 22 September 2008. Its title refers, to 'An old dance with swords, masks and bucklers; a sword dance' that may have influenced the Costwold morris dance.<ref>''Matachin'' sleeve notes</ref> It has been described as "...a magnificently murky and rum-sodden collection of 11 traditional and original songs from the 11 piece band who defy easy categorisation".<ref>http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/</ref>
'''''Matachin''''' is the second album by [[Bellowhead]], released on 22 September 2008. Its title refers, to 'An old dance with swords, masks and bucklers; a sword dance' that may have influenced the Cotswold [[Morris dance]].<ref>''Matachin'' sleeve notes</ref> It has been described as "...a magnificently murky and rum-sodden collection of 11 traditional and original songs from the 11 piece band who defy easy categorisation".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/ |title=Bellowhead |publisher=Bellowhead |date= |accessdate=2012-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223034716/http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/ |archive-date=2008-12-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Track listing ==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| writing_credits = yes
| total_length = 51:57
| total_length = 51:57
| title1 = Fakenham Fair
| title1 = Fakenham Fair
| writer1 = (Trad arr. Boden)
| writer1 = Trad arr. Boden
| length1 = 4:59
| length1 = 4:59
| title2 = Roll Her Down The Bay
| title2 = Roll Her Down The Bay
| writer2 = (Trad arr. Flood)
| writer2 = Trad arr. Flood
| length2 = 3:27
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = Vignette I
| title3 = Vignette I
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| writer4 = Trad arr. Jon Boden
| writer4 = Trad arr. Jon Boden
| length4 = 4:15
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = The Hand Weaver and the Factory Maid
| title5 = Kafoozalum/The Priest's Miss
| writer5 = Trad arr. Flood
| writer5 = Trad arr. Boden
| length5 = 4:42
| length5 = 5:31
| title6 = Kafoozalum/The Priest's Miss
| title6 = Cholera Camp
| writer6 = Trad arr. Boden
| writer6 = [[Rudyard Kipling]] / [[Peter Bellamy]]
| length6 = 6:01
| length6 = 6:08
| title7 = Vignette II
| title7 = Vignette II
| writer7 = Trad arr. Boden
| writer7 = Trad arr. Boden
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| writer9 = Words: Zedlitz; Music: trad arr. Flood
| writer9 = Words: Zedlitz; Music: trad arr. Flood
| length9 = 5:23
| length9 = 5:23
| title10 = Widow's Curse
| title10 = Widow's Curse
| writer10 = Trad arr. Flood
| writer10 = Trad arr. Flood
| length10 = 5:33
| length10 = 5:33
| title11 = Bruton Town
| title11 = Bruton Town
| writer11 = Trad arr. Thurgur
| writer11 = Trad arr. Thurgur
| length11 = 5:33
| length11 = 5:33
| title12 = Trip to Bucharest / The Flight of the Folk Mutants Parts 1 & 2
| title12 = Trip to Bucharest / The Flight of the Folk Mutants Parts 1 & 2
| writer12 = McShane/Boden
| writer12 = McShane/Boden
| length12 = 5:33
| length12 = 5:33
| title13 = Vignette III
| title13 = Vignette III
| writer13 = Trad arr. Flood
| writer13 = Trad arr. Flood
| length13 = 0:48
| length13 = 0:48
}}
}}


== Personnel ==
==Personnel==
*[[Jon Boden]] - [[lead vocals]], [[fiddle]], [[concertina#German concertinas|duet-concertina]]

*[[Jon Boden]] - [[lead vocals]] , [[fiddle]], [[concertina#Anglo concertina|anglo-concertina]]
*Benji Kirkpatrick - [[guitar]], [[bouzouki]], [[mandolin]], [[banjo]]
*Benji Kirkpatrick - [[guitar]], [[bouzouki]], [[mandolin]], [[banjo]]
*[[John Spiers]] - [[Diatonic button accordion|melodeon]], [[Concertina#Anglo concertina|anglo-concertina]]
*[[John Spiers]] - [[Diatonic button accordion|melodeon]], [[Anglo Concertina|Anglo-concertina]]
*Andy Mellon - [[trumpet]]
*Andy Mellon - [[trumpet]]
*Justin Thurgur - [[trombone]]
*[[Justin Thurgur]] - [[trombone]]
*Brendan Kelly - [[saxophone]], [[bass clarinet]]
*Brendan Kelly - [[saxophone]], [[bass clarinet]]
*Gideon Juckes - [[Helicon_(musical_instrument)|Helicon]]
*Gideon Juckes - [[Helicon (musical instrument)|Helicon]]
*Pete Flood - percussion
*Pete Flood - percussion
*Rachael McShane - [[cello]], fiddle
*Rachael McShane - [[cello]], fiddle
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 13 May 2022

Matachin
Studio album by
Released22 September 2008
GenreEnglish folk
Length51:57
LabelNavigator Records
Bellowhead chronology
Burlesque
(2006)
Matachin
(2008)
Hedonism
(2010)

Matachin is the second album by Bellowhead, released on 22 September 2008. Its title refers, to 'An old dance with swords, masks and bucklers; a sword dance' that may have influenced the Cotswold Morris dance.[1] It has been described as "...a magnificently murky and rum-sodden collection of 11 traditional and original songs from the 11 piece band who defy easy categorisation".[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fakenham Fair"Trad arr. Boden4:59
2."Roll Her Down The Bay"Trad arr. Flood3:27
3."Vignette I"Trad arr. Boden, Sweeney, MacShane0:40
4."I Drew My Ship Across The Harbour"Trad arr. Jon Boden4:15
5."Kafoozalum/The Priest's Miss"Trad arr. Boden5:31
6."Cholera Camp"Rudyard Kipling / Peter Bellamy6:08
7."Vignette II"Trad arr. Boden0:45
8."Whiskey Is The Life Of Man"Trad arr. Boden3:22
9."Spectre Review"Words: Zedlitz; Music: trad arr. Flood5:23
10."Widow's Curse"Trad arr. Flood5:33
11."Bruton Town"Trad arr. Thurgur5:33
12."Trip to Bucharest / The Flight of the Folk Mutants Parts 1 & 2"McShane/Boden5:33
13."Vignette III"Trad arr. Flood0:48
Total length:51:57

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Matachin sleeve notes
  2. ^ "Bellowhead". Bellowhead. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2012.