English Radio Barcelona Blue

20/06/2025

Josep Sanfeliu from Asabys Partners joined Virgil this Wednesday again to share his opinions on the economic health of Barcelona, tourism issues, legacy of post-Franco corporate management, the role of Barcelona Global and similar agencies, as well as the positivity for the future.

Listen to the conversation at: https://www.ivoox.com/en/josep-sanfeliu-audios-mp3_rf_150583361_1.html

17/06/2025

How strong is the Catalan economy? What are the areas of economic opportunity for the average worker in Catalunya? How do we better manage tourism for maximum societal benefit?

Join us tomorrow when Virgil talks with Josep Sanfeliu, Managing Partner of the venture capital firm Asabys Partners about these topics and more.

We will broadcast Live from 4:00 to 5:00PM (10:00AM EST) at:
Radio: 102.5FM - La Marina Cat
Internet: http://lamarina.cat/endirecte/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

17/06/2025

Getting together again with my friend, Ronald Baker, during his recent visit to Barcelona and to check out his latest musical iteration and planning our next get together in Paris.

14/06/2025

Jordi Catafal often couched his work in random-stimulated series.
Here, inspired by his daughters hairstyle, he embarked on a series that gave the back of head to us in creative ways.

14/06/2025

Great Saturday afternoon checking out an exhibition of Jordi Catafal, an artist with a magnificent sense of realism, building on photography but using drawing to create a specific structure of time.

12/06/2025

Barcelona has a great story to tell as well!!

I Love New York (stylized I ❤ NY) is both a logo and a song that are the basis of an advertising campaign and have been used since 1977 to promote tourism in...

12/06/2025

If you heard the conversation with Virgil, Jordi Cabré, and Jordi Vilanova yesterday (https://www.ivoox.com/en/jordi-cabre-and-jordi-vilanova-audios-mp3_rf_149984468_1.html) then maybe it's time we follow NYC's campaign that re-positioned itself in 1977, and what Valencia is doing now.

Barcelona is more than a party destination or Sagrada Familia and Passeig de Gracia.
We need to re-define our city, our culture, our attractions to get the type of tourism we want and need.

https://youtu.be/da8LGByRq00?feature=shared

It is not by chance that Valencia has been chosen as the best city to live in the entire world by expatriates of more than five different nationalities. Medi...

12/06/2025

How do we manage the negatives of mass tourism?
Can we regain the soul and culture of Barcelona against the pressures of commercial gains from tourism?

Listen to the conversation that Virgil had with two iconic figures of Catalan society, Jordi Cabré and Jordi Vilanova at:

https://www.ivoox.com/en/jordi-cabre-and-jordi-vilanova-audios-mp3_rf_149984468_1.html

10/06/2025

Tomorrow on English Radio Barcelona Blue Virgil talks with two of our audience-favorite guests, Jordi Cabré and Jordi Vilanova about a little of everything that interests/concerns us.

Tune in when we will broadcast Live from 4:00 to 5:00PM (10:00AM EST) at:
Radio: 102.5FM - La Marina Cat
Internet: http://lamarina.cat/endirecte/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

05/06/2025

A little bit of the Bruce Barth Trio

05/06/2025

Bruce Barth returned to Barcelona last night with a new trio that gave us some solid, straight-ahead jazz and some of his own new compositions.

Naturally English Radio Barcelona Blue was in the house re-connecting after about 5 years. Great moment!

05/06/2025

Love art, but want to know how to bring it into your life, listen to our conversation with Alexandra Collado, an art advisor with Out of Africa gallery.

Tune in to: https://www.ivoox.com/en/alexandra-collado-audios-mp3_rf_149163109_1.html