40 Years of Blues in Barcelona
A living archive for a paper archive
On November 6, 2026, the book 40 Years of Blues in Barcelona by Joan Linux with texts by Manuel López Poy was presented at Centre Cultural Collblanc – La Torrassa.
Commissioned by 112books.eu — the photography publisher that Joan directs.
The accompanying website is not merely a book listing: it is a living photographic and biographical archive of Barcelona’s blues scene.
The challenge
Organize 148 musician profiles, 531 formations, and 296 black-and-white photographs across three languages. Without a content management system. Without unnecessary external dependencies. So anyone can search for a musician, see their face, understand why Barcelona is a blues city, and navigate connections: which other musician plays the same instrument, which bands share members, which musicians played together over the years.