Aterciopelados Frontwoman Andrea Echeverri Announces U.S. Tour Dates

LOS ANGELES (Nacional Records/ Warner) Best known as the frontwoman for acclaimed Colombian Latin alternative band Aterciopelados, Andrea Echeverri has long captivated audiences with her potently melodic brand of feminism. On March 8th, her debut solo album "Andrea Echeverri" will be released by Nacional Records, the new ADA/Warner Music Group-distributed label founded by artist manager Tomas Cookman. In support of the album, Echeverri will kick off a U.S. tour � with select dates in Mexico as well � beginning on March 10th in Chicago.

After the critical and commercial success of 2001'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", Andrea's first solo release. The disc was produced by Hector Buitrago from Aterciopelados and mixed by Thom Russo (Juanes, Kinky, Johnny Cash), and also features a remix from Richard Blair (Sidestepper).

As a pierced and tattooed female rocker hailing from a conservative country, Andrea Echeverri is used to challenging audiences on multiple continents. At the start of Aterciopelados' musical career, Echeverri once sang a song about not wanting to ruin her figure by becoming pregnant. Although she's now settled down with a partner and child, it doesn't mean that Echeverri isn't finding new ways to candidly express what it means to be a woman. Indeed, the album captures the newfound sensuality that can result from parenthood and entering new phases of one's life in true Andrea Echeverri fashion.

On "A Eme O", the album's upbeat first single, Echeverri sings "Since you were born, I've become a better lover. It's as if you've unplugged my tubes." On the chill-out lullaby track "Baby Blues", 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 Echeverri. 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 Echeverri.

ANDREA ECHEVERRI TOUR DATES
March 10 Chicago House of Blues
March 11 Elizabeth, NJ Club Coco Bongos
March 12 Bronx NYC Lehman College � Performing Arts
March 13 Stamford, CT Club Terrace
March 17 Austin, TX SXSW
March 19 Tijuana, MX Multikulti
March 20 San Diego, CA
March 21 Anaheim House of Blues
March 22 Los Angeles House of Blues
March 24 Sacramento Club El Rodeo
March 25 Sunnyvale (Bay Area) Barcelona
March 26 Fresno Excelsior