Matachin (album)
# Matachin (album)

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. 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".

## Personnel

* 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
