The regional group led by brothers Jorge and Claudio Araya will be the protagonist of the seventh installment of this space, winner of the National Music Fund 2018. The broadcast will be this Saturday, October 06, starting at 20:00 p.m., on Radio Universitaria 94.5 FM from La Serena and Coquimbo.

Radio Universitaria FM, station of the University of La Serena, will broadcast this week the seventh episode of its program cycle called "Our Sounds: Musical Creators of the Coquimbo Region", dedicated exclusively to the dissemination of regional authors and musicians.

This week's guest will be Jorge “Coke” Araya, vocalist and founder of the regional blues band Magnolia.

Chicago electric blues, '60s British rock and Diaguita music are on the horizon at Magnolia. The group has been inspired by guitarists Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, as well as some closer figures, such as guitarist Ricardo Mollo and the Argentine group Divididos.  

Magnolia was born in the summer of 2000 in the old Croata pub in Serena, the hometown of brothers Jorge and Claudio Araya, together with bassist Freddy Muñoz and percussionist Boris Vega.

Then, upon settling in Santiago in 2004, the group rejected the use of percussion, following the line of the electric trio, basing its music on existential and everyday themes. In the capital, the band performed on blues and hard rock circuits, coinciding on stages with groups such as Los Jaivas, Ángel Parra Trío, and the Argentine guitarist of the group Almendra.

In its years of experience, Magnolia has toured much of Latin America, performing successful shows not only in Chile, but also in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico, thus becoming a benchmark for blues in Chile and a kind of emblem of local music.

“Our Sounds” is a project promoted by the Department of Corporate Communications of the ULS, which was the winner of the 2018 National Music Fund, Chilean Music Radio Broadcasting line.

The invitation is to tune in to this seventh episode, which will be broadcast this Saturday, October 06, starting at 20.00:94.5 p.m., through the XNUMX frequency of Radio Universitaria FM for La Serena and Coquimbo and on its online signal available at www. userena.cl.