Sidi Bou Soul

I got back from a very enjoyable break in Tunisia a couple of days ago. I would recommend it. The wry, urbane hipsters who make up most of my readership won't be interested in anything as predictable as my holiday snaps but if anyone else is you can find them on Flickr.

I had hoped to bring back lots of Tunisian music to share with you but failed dismally. I searched high, low and in between for CDs or old LPs but found none. Not a merguez. 

So instead we are catching up again with one of the bands that featured when the African Odyssey bandwagon rolled through town a few months back - Carthago, the disco kings who wowed the crowds in the clubs of Tunis and Sousse back in the day.

Carthago were formed in the late 1970s by former members of Dalton and Marhaba Band, and we have a track from each of them as well. The first two tunes come courtesy of Habibi Funk, the other courtesy of the nice person who posted it on YouTube.

"Hanen" - Carthago

"Soul Brother" - Dalton

For the video I thought about selecting something by the first queen of Carthage but decided to spare you from that. Instead we've gone with the band named after the delightful village next door to Carthage that hailed from the equally delightful Lewisham.