Biography

Nia Pastori is one of the more accomplished cantaoras among the generation of young pop-flamenco singers to emerge around the turn of the century She was born Mara Rosa Garca Garca on January 15 1978 in San Fernando a city in the province of Cdiz Spain and her mother is a successful flamenco singer La Pastori She began her career at a young age often traveling and performing with her mother -- hence her performing name Nia Pastori a reference to her relationship to her well-known mother Nia made her recording debut in 1996 with Entre Dos Puertos which was produced by Paco Ortega and Alejandro Sanz the latter Spains best-selling artist ever The album boasted a hit song T Me Camelas and exhibited a pop-flamenco style targeted chiefly at teenagers As Pastori would continue to do on subsequent albums she interpreted songs of others including Ortega and Sanz themselves Henceforth Pastori followed with a new album roughly every two years -- Eres Luz 1998 Caailla 2000 Mara 2002 No Hay Quinto Malo 2005 Joyas Prestadas 2006 -- and her style of music would grow progressively more mature as she and her audience aged Shes a regular recipient of Latin Grammy attention with No Hay Quinto Malo winning a nomination in 2005 Best Flamenco Album and Joyas Prestadas in 2006 Best Female Pop Vocal Album Jason Birchmeier All Music Guide