AROUND THE WORLD : BARCELONA

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The second-largest city in Spain, with a population of approximately 1.6 million within its city limits, which expands to 4.8 million across a wider urban within the province of Barcelona. It is located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range.  Founded as a Roman city, it has been through a lot ever since, fought over on countless occasions.  It is a city famed for live music and performances, and can count the Sónar Festival and the Primavera Sound Festival among its cultural highlights.

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That there’s a picture of I’m From Barcelona, a pop group from Jönköping, Sweden, best-known for having up to 29 band members and the eclectic mix of instruments such as  clarinets, saxophones, flutes, trumpets, banjos, accordions, kazoos, guitars, drums, and keyboards among others. There were five albums between 2006 and 2015.  This can be found on the debut album, Let Me Introduce My Friends

mp3: I’m From Barcelona – We’re From Barcelona

It’s certainly not the sort of music you normally hear on this corner of t’internet.  The next city stop on our world tour will take us back to our comfort zones.  In the meantime, please just sit back and enjoy the journey.

JC