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GeoTracks Music · October 31, 2026

The daily music geography game: five clues about where music history happened. Try them yourself first, then reveal the answers.

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Clue 1 · Venue

This old church hall was the home of the Grand Ole Opry radio show from 1943 to 1974.

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📍 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA · map

It opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, built by riverboat owner Thomas Ryman.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 2 · Hometown

Salsa singer Rubén Blades, who wrote 'Pedro Navaja', was born in this capital city in 1948.

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📍 Panama City, Panama · map

Blades also served as his country's Minister of Tourism from 2004 to 2009.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 3 · Festival

This city's 11-day summer festival, founded in 1968, has the largest outdoor stage in Canada.

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📍 Festival d'été de Québec (Plains of Abraham), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · map

The main stage can hold up to 100,000 people.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 4 · Hometown

On this day in 1961, U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. was born in this suburb.

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📍 Artane, Dublin, Ireland · map

In 1976 he started U2 by putting a note on his school notice board, looking for musicians.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clue 5 · Hometown

Rosalía, whose 'Motomami' won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year, grew up in this small Catalan town.

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📍 Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Catalonia, Spain · map

She was the first woman to win the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year twice as lead artist.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

⭐ Bonus clue · Hometown

On this day in 1939, desert blues guitar legend Ali Farka Touré was born in a village near this town.

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📍 Near Gourma-Rharous, Tombouctou Region, Mali · map

His nickname 'Farka' means 'donkey', an animal admired for being tough and stubborn.

Source: en.wikipedia.org