Featured Artist Free Download – Teshome Mitiku

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Teshome Mitiku
“Senseless War” (mp3)
from “Topia’s Deluge”
(Alula Records)
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Teshome Mitiku’s career stretches back to Addis Ababa, where he began performing at local schools and nightclubs when he was just a teenager.

In the late 60’s, Teshome (singer/keyboard), Theodros “Teddy” Mitiku (alto saxophone), Tamrat Ferendji (trumpet), Fekade Amde-Meskel (bass), Tesfaye Mekonnen (drums), Alula Yohannes (guitar) and Seifu Yohannes (singer) joined to form the influential Soul Ekos Band. The band released numerous songs, including 4 tracks written by Teshome like Gara Ser New Betesh, Yezemed Yebada, Mot Adeladlogn and Hasabe.

Teshome fled to Sweden at the peak of his musical career in 1969 after the government endorsed a strict, mandatory night curfew, which prevented him from performing at local venues, and enrolled at the Music Conservatory in Malmo and later received his Masters of Arts in Sociology, and later pursued a PhD in Sociology from Lund University.

During a brief visit in the 80’s to the United States, Teshome collaborated with the Admas Band and released “Teshome Mitiku and His Experience,” an album full of jazzy tracks like Mengezem Hulgezem and Almazeye, and in 1995, Teshome relocated to the United States and released the critically acclaimed album “Yegna Neger” with favorite tracks like Photoyen Ayechew and Che Belew.