The Velvety Ones

World music top dawg Banning Eyre reviewed the new Aterciopelados record, "Rio", on All Things Considered a couple nights ago. "Terciopelo" means "velvet" in Spanish, so the band's name basically "velvety ones". It's one of the most appropriate names for a band ever. Andrea Echeverri's voice can only be described as "velvety". I've been playing the new CD the last couple weeks of the Beat Authority. I'll play more on Friday. And if you want to explore their back catalog, "Caribe Atomico", is considered part of the Rock en Espanol canon.