Tony Bryant has lived in Andalusia since 1994 and he is the author of four books of Spanish theme.
A former rock drummer from South London, Tony writes articles for various publications concerning Andalusian customs and traditions, the gypsies and their music, and Spanish culture in general. He has worked as a music journalist and has had work published in Spain, France, America and Israel.
Tony is a regular contributor to the London based Flamenco News magazine and he is affiliated with El Museo del Baile Flamenco, a state- of- the- art flamenco dance museum in Seville. www.museoflamenco.com
He also writes for the award-winning www.andalucia.com – an online publication that caters for anyone visiting or living in Andalusia.
Tony has been involved with several projects commissioned by the Gerald Brenan foundation (ACGB) in Churriana, Malaga. www.casageraldbrenan.malaga.eu/ He participates in seminars based on the works of Gerald Brenan, the British Hispanist who lived in Spain for most of his life.
Tony assisted the British Broadcasting Company in Seville with a documentary named ‘The Spirit of Flamenco’, for which he worked as organizer and translator; he also played an active role during the recording of the program. Tony Bryant is considered a leading authority on the art of flamenco and he is often requested to contribute to flamenco workshops and radio presentations.
Since 2015, Tony has worked as a journalist for SUR in English, a Málaga-based English language newspaper for which he writes news articles, features and interviews. www.surinenglish.com
Tony has interviewed people from all occupations within the showbiz world, including celebrated musicians, stand-up comedians, sports personalities, conductors, artists and authors.
His interest in genealogy instigated the most important project of his career thus far, and this work, which involved ten years of research, is now on permanent display in the flamenco dance museum in Seville.
This project is called ‘The clan of El Pinini’. https://tonybryant.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/el-pinini-an-englishmans-passion/
Because of this mammoth project - which included the construction of the genealogical tree of one of Spain’s biggest gypsy flamenco families - Tony was recently requested to help find the long lost son of a Dutch marine who was based in Málaga in 1958. Through his knowledge of the system, and with the help of his many contacts in Andalusia, he was able to bring this story to a joyful conclusion; reuniting father and son for the first time in fifty-seven years. https://tonybryant.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/what-ever-happened-to-manolito-fernan
