Andrea Echeverri

Andrea Echeverri Arias (born September 13, 1965) is a Colombian rock/pop singer and guitarist. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from University of Los Andes and was a ceramist before becoming a musician. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelados where she also plays the acoustic guitar. In March 2005 her debut solo album Andrea Echeverri was released by Nacional Records, a label focused on promoting the best in Latin alternative music. According to NPR's Felix Contreras "It's possible to chart the development of Latin Alternative music by following the career of Andrea Echeverri."
Solo career
After the critical and commercial success of 2000's Gozo Poderoso, which landed Aterciopelados on the Top 10 of the Billboard Top Latin Albums Sales chart as well as a coveted appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Echeverri took time off for the birth of her first child Milagros, who has proven to be a new point of artistic inspiration. The result is the self-titled album Andrea Echeverri, her first solo release. The disc was produced by Héctor Buitrago from Aterciopelados and mixed by Thom Russo (Juanes, Kinky, Johnny Cash), and also features a remix from Richard Blair (Sidestepper).
On "A Eme O", the album's upbeat first single, Echeverri sings “Since you were born, I've become a better lover. Its as if you've unplugged my tubes.” On the chill-out lullaby track "Baby Blues" (which was featured in the soundtrack for the film La mujer de mi hermano), she observes the bond between mother and daughter as Milagros cries late at night. "Some songs are written for Milagros, but they sound like they're written for a lover," said Andrea. Going ever further, she satirizes the highly sexualized lyrics of the Colombian genre called champeta, naming one of the album's tracks "Lactochampeta". “It's kind of a joke, because it has explicit lyrics about lactating,” muses Andrea.
Performances and projects
A series of tour dates followed the album's release, including headlining the Latin Alternative Music Conference's Women Who Rock concert in front of 10,000 people at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, as well as the La Banda Elastica Magazine Awards.
In December 2007 Echeverri exhibited her ceramic works at the Feria del Libro in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she also performed with Aterciopelados.
Recognitions
In 2005 the album "Andrea Echeverri" was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for “Best Female Pop Vocal Album.” The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album" in 2006.
For the MTV-LA Awards in 2005, Echeverri was nominated in four categories, winning for “Best New Artist – Central.”
In 2006 the album received two nominations for the Premios Lo Nuestro Awards – "Rock Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for the single “A Eme O.”
Aterciopelados
Echeverri is currently working and performing with Héctor Buitrago in their group Aterciopelados. Their album "Oye", released by Nacional Records in 2006 was awarded a Latin Grammy for "Best Alternative Album" in November 2007. Their latest album is "Río" which released in October 2008. In November 2010 he released his second album as a solo artist, entitled DOS, an emancipated, self-produced, neo-hippie and maternal album.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Award is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement on the music industry. Andrea Echeverri has had one nomination.
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| 2006 || Andrea Echeverri || Best Latin Pop Album ||
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Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Andrea Echeverri has had two nominations.
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2005 ||Andrea Echeverri || Best Female Pop Vocal Album ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2013 ||Ruiseñora || Best Singer-Songwriter Album ||
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References
External links
Andrea Echeverri – official
El Arte en Colombia (Andrea as ceramist)
Andrea Echeverri Says Ruiseñora is "Intimate, Confrontational and Creative"
Interview with Andrea and People en Espanol
Article/Interview with Andrea about solo album
1965 births
Living people
21st-century Colombian women singers
Colombian feminists
Colombian people of Basque descent
Colombian pop singers
Colombian rock guitarists
Colombian rock singers
20th-century women guitarists
Feminist musicians
Women in Latin music
Rock en Español musicians
Singers from Bogotá
Latin music songwriters
Nacional Records artists
University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni
21st-century women guitarists