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]

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

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.