Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Berta Olivia is a gifted ranchera vocalist who is passionate about Mariachi music. She has been performing mariachi’s most beloved songs with a vibrancy and intensity that has distinguished her as one of the finest female vocalist in Northern California. For over a decade, she has entertained audiences with the expression of Mexico’s authentic musical heritage and is always embracing Mexico’s semblance of the land, the people and beauty of the heart. Bottom line, this “cachanilla’ can really sing!
She also scores big on style points, accentuating the inherent drama of her repertoire with theatrical delivery. Whether she is pounding out a “grito” or tinkling away at a bolero or balada, she is Mariachi, and yet she’s Ranchera with a dab of Cumbia added for good measure. Along the way, she has been compared to many of her own female idols, sharing similarities of tone, pitch and clarity. “I am both humbled and honored at the comparisons”.