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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| 1. | "Fakenham Fair" | Trad arr. Boden | 4:59 |
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| 2. | "Roll Her Down The Bay" | Trad arr. Flood | 3:27 |
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| 3. | "Vignette I" | Trad arr. Boden, Sweeney, MacShane | 0:40 |
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| 4. | "I Drew My Ship Across The Harbour" | Trad arr. Jon Boden | 4:15 |
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| 5. | "Kafoozalum/The Priest's Miss" | Trad arr. Boden | 5:31 |
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| 6. | "Cholera Camp" | Rudyard Kipling / Peter Bellamy | 6:08 |
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| 7. | "Vignette II" | Trad arr. Boden | 0:45 |
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| 8. | "Whiskey Is The Life Of Man" | Trad arr. Boden | 3:22 |
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| 9. | "Spectre Review" | Words: Zedlitz; Music: trad arr. Flood | 5:23 |
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| 10. | "Widow's Curse" | Trad arr. Flood | 5:33 |
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| 11. | "Bruton Town" | Trad arr. Thurgur | 5:33 |
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| 12. | "Trip to Bucharest / The Flight of the Folk Mutants Parts 1 & 2" | McShane/Boden | 5:33 |
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| 13. | "Vignette III" | Trad arr. Flood | 0:48 |
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| Total length: | 51:57 |
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Personnel
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- Jon Boden - lead vocals, fiddle, duet-concertina
- Benji Kirkpatrick - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo
- John Spiers - melodeon, Anglo-concertina
- Andy Mellon - trumpet
- Justin Thurgur - trombone
- Brendan Kelly - saxophone, bass clarinet
- Gideon Juckes - Helicon
- Pete Flood - percussion
- Rachael McShane - cello, fiddle
- Paul Sartin - fiddle, oboe
- Sam Sweeney - fiddle, pipes
References
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