Martirio en la presentación de las fiestas de San Isidro 2017 (cropped)

Maribel Quiñones or ''María Isabel Quiñones Gutiérrez'' in full, known under her stage name as Martirio (a Spanish

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meaning ''Martyrdom'' or ''Torment'', in English) is a Spanish singer born in 1954 in

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The ria ...

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. 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 Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

and

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

but also pop, rock, swing, and

guaracha The guaracha () is a genre of music that originated in Cuba, of rapid tempo and comic or picaresque lyrics. The word had been used in this sense at least since the late 18th and early 19th century. Guarachas were played and sung in musical thea ...

, in this sense, she can properly be ranked as a New Flamenco 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 {{Spain-singer-stub