Erdewan Zaxoyî
The tragic young legend of Behdînî song.
- Region
- Behdînan (Zaxo)
- Born
- 20th century
Erdewan Zaxoyî, from Zaxo, is the cult legend of Behdînî song: a voice of startling emotional force whose career was cut short by his early death in the late 1980s. His recordings, many of them live and unpolished, carry an intensity that studio work rarely reaches, and they have never left circulation: each new platform, from cassette to YouTube, has renewed his audience. In the Behdînan region and far beyond it his name stands for the singer who gave everything to the song.