{"id":1636,"date":"2025-05-12T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2025-06-12T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:45:56","slug":"2025-blues-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/2025-blues-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 BLUES AWARD WINNERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the Blues Music Awards happened last Thursday night in Memphis\u2026I&#8217;ll start with the Blues Music Award Winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve written about these folks &#8216;afore! Not to mention a bunch of the nominees! 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