To a deep love for music research the group has always associated a strong political commitment. Some of its members have joined the PKK guerrillas in the mountains of Kurdistan.
Three of them died in combat. Some have been forced to live in exile and others continued to challenge the Turkish authorities by carrying out their work in Kurdistan.
Koma Berxwedan is what could be called an 'open group', i.e. a group in which either by choice and necessity, musicians become 'interchangeable', so to speak.
Koma Berxwedan is responsible for the deepest and most detailed research, preservation and spread of traditional Kurdish popular music. It's success is also due to their representing, with the songs they have written, a sort of soundtrack of the political struggle and development of the Kurdish liberation movement.
In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Resistance Group) is one of the most interesting, innovative and experimental groups.
The group has always combined a deep love for musical research with a strong political commitment.
Some of its members joined the PKK guerrillas in the mountains of Kurdistan.
Three of them died in combat. Others are forced to live in exile. Still others continue to defy the Turkish authorities by working in Kurdistan.
Koma Berxwedan is what could be defined as an 'open group', that is, a group in which the musicians, by choice and necessity, become, so to speak, interchangeable.
Koma Berxwedan is responsible for researching and spreading traditional Kurdish folk songs, but they also wrote more recent struggle songs.
