Remedios Amaya (born María Dolores Amaya Vega) (born 1962 in Seville) is a flamenco singer. She was one of Camarón's favourite cantaoras (female flamenco singers), and they worked together on several occasions. She is one of the best contemporary cantaoras of festive styles. It is the happy palos (forms) which allow her to express all of her talent: bulerías, tangos, alegrías... but she is also comfortable executing other palos, like the soleá and seguiriya. In her artistic career it is possible to identify two periods that are clearly separated by the style of her singing. Her first records (Luna nueva, .