incorporate musicbrainz

[twillis]

there's xml web services that can be called for various things. here's an example.

http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist:blind%20guardian

the data is meticulously curated by snobs, so you know it's good. :)

Here's the first result.

<artist id="7fa7fc04-1011-4876-8095-ecd232edea87" type="Group" ext:score="100">
<name>Blind Guardian</name>
<sort-name>Blind Guardian</sort-name>
<country>DE</country>
<area id="85752fda-13c4-31a3-bee5-0e5cb1f51dad">
<name>Germany</name>
<sort-name>Germany</sort-name>
</area>
<begin-area id="0c21d37f-adf5-4bdc-8ccc-be74713afcd8">
<name>Krefeld</name>
<sort-name>Krefeld</sort-name>
</begin-area>
<life-span>
<begin>1988</begin>
<ended>false</ended>
</life-span>
<tag-list>
<tag count="1">
<name>german</name>
</tag>
<tag count="1">
<name>metal</name>
</tag>
<tag count="2">
<name>speed metal</name>
</tag>
<tag count="2">
<name>power metal</name>
</tag>
</tag-list>
</artist>