Tunisia is located in northern Africa, bordering Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea and Libya.

Musical genres include a nearly forgotten form of trance music called Stambeli. This music was performed in the isolated mountainous region of Seliana, in northwest Tunisia

Tunisian Artists

Amina Annabi
Amine and Hamza M’Raihi
Anouar Brahem
Dhafer Youssef
Emel Mathlouthi
Lamia Bedioui
Lotfi Bouchnak
Smadj (Jean-Pierre Smadja)
Sonia Mbarek

Related articles:

The Musical Pulse of Tunisia, published in 2003
World Music Central’s Guide to Tunis, published in 2004

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