Maribel Quiñones or ''María Isabel Quiñones Gutiérrez'' in full, known under her
stage name
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as Martirio (a Spanish
given name
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meaning ''Martyrdom'' or ''Torment'', in English) is a Spanish singer born in 1954 in
Huelva
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,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
She borrows her style and inspiration from
flamenco
Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...
that she adapts or merge with more modern musical trends, especially
jazz
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and
tango
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but also
pop,
rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
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,
swing
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Apparatus
* Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth
* Pendulum, an object that swings
* Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus
* Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse
* Swing rid ...
, and
guaracha
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, in this sense, she can properly be ranked as a
New Flamenco
New flamenco (or ''nuevo flamenco'') or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s. It combines flamenco guitar virtuosity and traditional flamenco music with musical fusion (with genres like jazz, blues, roc ...
artist.
She is also noted for a distinctive look (wearing large sunglasses).
Discography
* 1986 ''Estoy Mala'' (Nuevo)
* 2003 ''La Bola de LA Vida del Amor'' (Karonte)
* 2003 ''Mucho Corazon'' (
Sunnyside)
* 2003 ''Flor de Piel'' (Sunnyside)
* 2004 ''Martirio'' (Nuevos Medios)
* 2004 ''He Visto Color Por Sevillanas'' (BMG International)
* 2005 ''Acoplados'' (RTVE Classics)
* 2006 ''Primavera en Nueva York'' (Norte)
* 2010 ''Total'' (Reyes)
* 2011 ''Aire Que Te Rodea'' (Sony Music)
* 2012 ''Cristalitos Machacaos'' (Nuevos Medios)
* 2013 ''De un Mundo Raro (Cantes por Chavela)''
References
Spanish jazz singers
1958 births
Living people
Singers from Andalusia
Flamenco singers
People from Huelva
20th-century Spanish singers
21st-century Spanish singers
20th-century Spanish women singers
21st-century Spanish women singers
Sunnyside Records artists
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