As the 68th Annual Grammy Awards approach on Feb. 1, 2026, the Colombian duo Aterciopelados are once again in the spotlight with a nomination for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album for their latest ...

México, 10 ago (EFE).México, 10 ago (EFE). — El dueto de rock colombiano Aterciopelados presentará su espectáculo “Reluciente, Rechinante y Aterciopelado”, en un concierto en el Teatro Metropólitan de ...

Aterciopelados, the Bogotá-based band long-considered Colombia’s biggest musical export, are back together. After last releasing a studio album in 2008, the duo of Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago ...

Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago chat with Billboard Español about what it meant to revisit their seminal 1995 album. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, Billboard Español Revisiting the entirety ...

In 1995, future three-time Latin Grammy winners Aterciopelados did the unthinkable: make Argentine rockeros pay attention to Colombian rocanrol. “Have you heard ‘Bolero Falaz’?” two-time Oscar- and ...

As far as anyone knew, the iconic Colombian alt-rock band Aterciopelados had played its final gig. In the early 1990s, guitarist/vocalist Andrea Echeverri and bassist Héctor Buitrago put Bogota’s ...

In the early ’90s, life in Bogotá was periodically disrupted by car bombs and other violence in the war between Pablo Escobar and the Colombian government. The country was in the grip of some of the ...

Colombia, birthplace of Gabriel Garca Mrquez and many of the fables about El Dorado, has long been a land where people search for the extraordinary. So two years ago, singer-guitarist Andrea Echeverri ...

Aterciopelados is a Colombian band with roots in Bogota's underground music scene of the early '90s. The group's melodious rock sound has distinct Colombian elements, but also enough broad popular ...

Before Shakira belly-danced her way from barefooted rockera to multi-lingual pop powerhouse, and Juanes rode his sneering alt-rock kiss-offs to global acclaim, Aterciopelados championed Colombian rock ...

There's about five alternative Latin bands that made substantial headway in breaking through to audiences globally . They are Cafe Tacuba, Manu Chao, Caifanes, Soda Stereo and Aterciopelados. The duo, ...

Latin alternative icons Aterciopelados are at work on their first studio album since 2008's Rio, the Colombian duo's Héctor Buitrago tells Billboard. By Judy Cantor-Navas Latin alternative icons ...