[1] Sevda's grandfather, Abulhasan Alakbarzadeh, is a national writer of Azerbaijan and author of the first Azerbaijani novel written in the Soviet period.
Sevda's voice is difficult to mix up with another's; it's strong and thick, with special guttural notes.
This is notwithstanding the fact that her style of singing embraces many possible elements; one can discern in it both soul music and jazz, new wave, and even African griots.
Sevda was interested in trying to learn everything; both techniques of traditional "khanende" singing (lessons of legendary singer Alim Gasimov proved a help) and opera bel canto (she went for probation period to Florence, Italy in 2005 not in vain).
The most important feature that has always characterized the singer's performance is a high degree of emotional contribution.