MAYA SINGS MARIACHI: 9 Year Old Baja Singing Sensation

Maya's (pictured here between her 2 best friends) other favorite pastime is playing fast pitch girls softball with the Baja Softball League Uvitas (little grapes) team sponsored by the La Casa de Doña Lupe Winery.

Maya Burns is a 9 year old gringita that sings ranchero mariachi music Linda Ronstadt style. She loves to sing and has had no formal training. She has lived in Baja since she was 4 years old and has also been singing since that tender age. Maya started playing piano at 18 months and could rap out a mean “twinkle, twinkle little star”. She started performing Spanish songs at 4 singing the song “Cielito Lindo” which her parents had on a computer disc of songs of world languages. At that age she made friends by sharing the free candy she was given after singing for her amazed adult admirers. When she was 3 she looked at her startled parents and said, “books will be written about me”. She hopes to sing someday with anyone of her three favorite Divas; Barbara Streisand, Linda Ronstadt or Debbie Reynolds.

Maya Burns was a loud baby blessed with a really long tongue, a characteristic of many virtuoso singers in our history. On long car trips she would entertain her parents mimicking her favorite excerpts from the Rocky Horror Show and her favorite Grateful Dead song Peggy-O. She soon progressed to doing Streisand and Judy Garland tunes. Currently Linda Ronstadt is her favorite singer and you can hear Ronstadt’s influence in her mariachi songs. Visit the YouTube address listed below to hear Maya sing Viva Mexico, Por Un Amor and La Cigarra among other favorites. Take a moment and google "Por Un Amor", there is Maya's YouTube video right below Linda Ronstadt's at the top of the list with a 5 star rating! She delivers her performances with amazing power without accompaniment… demonstrating controlled octave range, sustained notes and perfect tone, pace and presence. She recorded the same song two days apart in the studio without accompaniment and a computer analysis showed they were identical!

Maya is the daughter of self admitted throw back hippie parents who moved the family to Baja from Monterrey, California five years ago. Jim and India own the Café Bohemia on the east side of the transpeninsular highway near Estero Beach at KM 115 just before you go down the hill to the agricultural plains en route to Maneadero. India’s Dad was Clint Eastwood’s personal chef and worked at Clint’s restaurant the Hog’s Breath. They have taught a local bakery how to bake sour dough and rye bread, rarities here in Baja. To compliment your visit, the finest in the highest grades of organic coffees are daily brewed. The Café features pastrami, turkey breast, and roast beef French dip sandwiches, homemade lasagna, homemade white clam chowder, salad choices made with organic produce, fresh chocolates and many unique pastry surprises.

At the ripe old age of 9 Maya often complains about the local mariachi bands “being out of key” and gets ramped up for performances in front of large audiences, and not so much for small gatherings. Her growing singing legend precedes her wherever she goes. She can be scheduled to perform for your party or special function, just visit the Café Bohemia to discuss arrangements. The Café’s phone number is 646 120 3361. They are open 8am to 7pm 7 days a week. There you will find paying customer free Wi-Fi internet service within the homey living room style atmosphere. Every day they have special featured dishes, just ask.

Maya’s YouTube internet channel is WLAAAAA, there you will be able to experience Maya’s incredible singing skills. On YouTube you will find many child prodigy potential teen idols, but here in Baja, Maya is OUR pre-teen idol! CDs of Maya’s songs are available at the Café Bohemia.

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