{"id":38862,"date":"2021-05-31T11:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliciaroca.com\/lhdb\/la-european-blues-union-ebu-premiada-con-el-keeping-the-blues-alive-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:34:44","slug":"the-european-blues-union-honored-with-the-keeping-the-blues-alive-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lahoradelblues.com\/en\/the-european-blues-union-honored-with-the-keeping-the-blues-alive-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Blues Union (EBU), honored with the&#8221;Keeping The Blues Alive&#8221; 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1468&#8243; 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img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en <a href=\"https:\/\/blues.org\/keeping-the-blues-alive-award\/\">https:\/\/blues.org\/keeping-the-blues-alive-award\/<\/a><br \/>\nRoser Blues<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1468&#8243; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;justificar&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Blues Foundation has just announced the 2018 Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipients and, as EBU Board Member, me and the rest of the board, are extremely proud and happy to announce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,70,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-national-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The European Blues Union (EBU), honored with the&quot;Keeping The Blues Alive&quot; 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