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Terl Bryant
Bryant performing with Sadie and the Hotheads in 2012
Background information
OriginNorthampton, England
GenresAlternative rock, progressive rock, folk rock, CCM
OccupationsDrummer, producer
InstrumentsDrums, percussion
Websitehttp://www.terl.uk/

Terl Bryant is an English musician. In his early career, he worked with the American singer/songwriter and filmmaker Steve Taylor, and later was in the band of Peter Murphy, the lead singer for Bauhaus. During the 1990s, he joined the influential folk-themed progressive band Iona and, in 1999, he joined the former Led Zeppelin bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones as part of his trio with the Chapman stick player Nick Beggs. Bryant is currently on tour with Martin Barre the former Jethro Tull guitarist.

Biography

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Bryant's career has spanned more than four decades, with more than 1,000 recording sessions and more than 50 world tours working with many artists, including Peter Gabriel, Matt Redman, Roddy Frame, Faith Hill, Maddy Prior, Louise Redknapp, Lulu, BigMac, Barbara Dickson, Eden's Bridge, Patti Boulaye, Jim Kerr, Arthur Brown, Adrian Edmondson and Stuart Townend.

Between 2010 and 2015, he regularly toured and recorded with Sadie and the Hotheads, an Americana-styled band fronted by the Downton Abbey actress and singer-songwriter Elizabeth McGovern.[1] During 2014, he performed with Adrian Edmondson and The Bad Shepherds.[2]

Bryant is also known to perform and teach within Christian circles under the banner of "Voice of Drums". In the mid-1990s, he formed "Psalm Drummers", a network gathering of drummers linked to the Christian faith. He wrote and produced three albums released by Integrity Music (formerly Kingsway Music), Psalm Drummers (Emerge, 2004), Drums of Hope (One Voice, 2006) and Rhythms of Fire (One Voice, 2007), and wrote the book A Heart to Drum (Survivor Books, 2006).[3] He has been the drummer and percussionist for the British singer-songwriter Graham Kendrick since 2008.

Discography

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Solo

  • Psalm (1995)
  • Beauty... as far as the eye can see (1997) (marketed as Terl Bryant's Psalm: Beauty... as far as the Eye can see)
  • Timbrel (1999)
  • 'Psalm Drummers (album/DVD) (2004)
  • Rhythms of Fire (2007)
  • Drums of Hope (album/DVD) (2008)
  • More Gas (compilation) (2010)
  • Ultimate Drums (loops and samples production tools) (2013)
  • Kaleidoscope (Bandcamp 2013)

With others

  • Common Bond – Heaven Is Calling (1984)
  • Darrell Mansfield – Revelation (1985)
  • Steve Taylor – Limelight (1986)
  • Terry Scott Taylor - Knowledge & Innocence (1986)
  • Iona – Iona, The Book of Kells, Beyond These Shores, Treasures, Journey into The Morn and Heaven's Bright Sun (1989–1998)
  • Maddy Prior – Lionhearts, Arthur the King, Ravenchild (1997–1999)
  • Michelle Collins – Sunburn (1997)
  • Roddy Frame – North Star (1998)
  • Louise – Woman in Me (1998)
  • "Grief Never Grows Old" – Tsunami relief song with Brian Wilson, Steve Winwood, Sir Cliff Richard, Russell Watson, George Michael, Andy Gibb, Gary Moore, Davey Spillane
  • Barbara Dickson – Nothing's Gonna Change My World (2003)[4]
  • Eden's Bridge – Celtic Series and Isle of Tides (2005), The Winter Sings (2010)
  • Jules Bryant – Drops of Glittering Hope (produced by Terl Bryant, 2004)
  • Peter Murphy – Love Hysteria, Deep, Holy Smoke (1986–1991)
  • John Paul Jones – The Thunderthief (2001)
  • 6 Day Riot – Maybe (2006)
  • Stefano Ianne – Piano Car (2010)
  • Graham Kendrick – Acoustic Gospels (2010)
  • Stuart Townend – The Journey (2011)
  • Dani – Open Spaces (2011)
  • Honeyz – Wonder No. 8
  • Right Said Fred - Raining in England (2011), Mojive (2018)
  • Elizabeth McGovern (Sadie and the Hotheads) How Not to Lose Things (2012), Still Waiting (2014), Little Drummer Boy (2014), The Truth (2019)
  • Leslie Garrett – A North Country Lass
  • Stefano Ianne, Mario Marzi – Duga-3 (2018)
  • Graham Kendrick - Keep The Banner Flying High (2019)
  • Joanne Hogg - The Map Project 1 (2019)
  • Arthur Brown (musician) - House of the Rising Sun (2020)[5]
  • Stefano Ianne, Mario Marzi - Les Belles Habitudes (2021)

Books

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  • A Heart to Drum (2006) - ISBN 1-84291-335-2

References

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  1. ^ McGovern, Elizabeth. "Sadie and the Hotheads". Elizabeth McGovern.
  2. ^ "How The Bad Shepherds Came To Be". The Bad Shepherds. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. ^ Bryant, Terl (2006). A Heart to Drum. Survivor Books. ISBN 1-84291-335-2.
  4. ^ "Discography". Barbara Dickson. 4 September 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Arthur Brown's Crazy World of Lockdown release version of House of The Rising Sun". Louder Sound. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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