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MusicBrainz

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musicbrainz.org

Open music encyclopedia: artists, releases, recordings and labels with stable MBIDs.

Runs on your machine under the source's own terms

The crw MCP on your computer calls MusicBrainz directly. Calls cost no credits and the data does not pass through fastCRW. Install it once for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI or OpenCode, with your fastCRW API key in place of the placeholder:

Capabilities (48)

musicbrainz/areaFree, runs locally

One geographic area by MBID: name, sort name, area type (country, city, subdivision), ISO 3166 codes and life span.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/artistFree, runs locally

One artist by MBID: name, sort name, disambiguation, type (person/group), gender, country, begin/end area and life span, plus any aliases, tags, genres, rating and relationships you ask for with inc.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/artists-by-areaFree, runs locally

Every artist whose begin area is the given country, city or subdivision, with names, types, countries and life spans.

arealimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/collectionFree, runs locally

One collection by MBID: its name, type, owning editor, the entity type it holds and the item count.

mbid
musicbrainz/collections-by-editorFree, runs locally

The public collections an individual MusicBrainz editor maintains, each with its MBID, name, collection type, the entity type it holds and how many items are in it.

editorlimit?offset?
musicbrainz/discidFree, runs locally

The releases whose physical CD layout matches a given MusicBrainz disc ID (a hash of the CD's table of contents), plus any unlinked CD stub submissions that match.

discidinc?cdstubs?media-format?toc?
musicbrainz/eventFree, runs locally

One event by MBID - a concert, festival edition or launch: name, type, date and time, cancelled flag and the setlist text, plus the performing artists and the venue through relationships.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/events-by-areaFree, runs locally

Every concert, festival or other event held in the given area, with names, types, dates and cancelled flags.

arealimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/events-by-artistFree, runs locally

Every concert, festival appearance or other event an artist is linked to, with dates, event types, cancelled flags and setlist text.

artistlimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/events-by-placeFree, runs locally

Every event held at one venue or studio, with names, types, dates, cancelled flags and setlist text.

placelimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/genreFree, runs locally

One genre by MBID: its canonical name and disambiguation. Genres are a controlled vocabulary in MusicBrainz, so this resolves a genre MBID seen on an artist or release to a stable name.

mbid
musicbrainz/genresFree, runs locally

The full alphabetical list of MusicBrainz's controlled genre vocabulary, paged, with each genre's MBID, name and disambiguation, and a total genre-count.

limit?offset?
musicbrainz/instrumentFree, runs locally

One musical instrument by MBID: name, instrument type (string, wind, electronic), a prose description and its aliases in many languages.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/isrcFree, runs locally

Every MusicBrainz recording carrying a given ISRC (the 12-character industry code stamped on a commercial audio track), as a list with each recording's MBID, title and length.

isrcinc?
musicbrainz/iswcFree, runs locally

Every MusicBrainz work carrying a given ISWC (the composition-level code assigned by rights societies), with each work's MBID, title, type, language and rights-society attributes.

iswcinc?
musicbrainz/labelFree, runs locally

One record label by MBID: name, type, label code, country, area, life span and disambiguation, plus aliases, tags and rating when requested.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/labels-by-areaFree, runs locally

Every record label based in the given area, with names, types, label codes and life spans.

arealimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/placeFree, runs locally

One place by MBID - a venue, studio or other physical location: name, type, address, coordinates (latitude/longitude), containing area and life span.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/places-by-areaFree, runs locally

Every venue, studio or other place inside the given area, with types, addresses, coordinates and life spans.

arealimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/recordingFree, runs locally

One recording (a specific audio track) by MBID: title, length in milliseconds, video flag, disambiguation, and optionally its ISRCs, the releases it appears on and the work it is a recording of.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/recordings-by-artistFree, runs locally

Every recording credited to an artist, paged, with each recording's MBID, title, length, video flag and disambiguation.

artistlimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/recordings-by-workFree, runs locally

Every recording of one composition - the original, live versions, remixes and covers by other artists - each with its MBID, title, length and artist credit.

worklimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/releaseFree, runs locally

One release (a specific edition of an album) by MBID: title, status, packaging, barcode, country, release date, text representation, and - with inc=recordings+media - the full track listing with track lengths and positions.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/release-groupFree, runs locally

One release group (the abstract album, across all its editions) by MBID: title, primary and secondary types, first release date, and optionally every release in it plus tags, genres and rating.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/release-groups-by-artistFree, runs locally

An artist's release groups - the albums, singles and EPs as works rather than pressings - with primary and secondary types and first release dates.

artistlimit?offset?inc?type?
musicbrainz/releases-by-areaFree, runs locally

Every release whose release event places it in the given country or area, with titles, dates, barcodes and statuses.

arealimit?offset?inc?type?status?
musicbrainz/releases-by-artistFree, runs locally

Every release credited to an artist, paged, with each release's MBID, title, status, date, country, barcode and packaging.

artistlimit?offset?inc?type?status?
musicbrainz/releases-by-labelFree, runs locally

A label's catalogue: every release carrying that label, paged, with titles, dates, countries, barcodes and statuses.

labellimit?offset?inc?type?status?
musicbrainz/releases-by-recordingFree, runs locally

Every release that carries a given recording, so you can see which albums, singles and compilations a track appears on.

recordinglimit?offset?inc?
musicbrainz/releases-featuring-artistFree, runs locally

Releases where the artist is credited on an individual track but not in the release-level artist credit - guest spots, features and compilation appearances.

track_artistlimit?offset?inc?status?
musicbrainz/releases-in-release-groupFree, runs locally

Every release inside one release group - all the pressings, reissues, regional editions and formats of a single album - with dates, countries, barcodes and media.

release-grouplimit?offset?inc?status?
musicbrainz/searchFree, runs locally

Scored artist matches for a free-text name or Lucene query, each with its MBID, sort name, type, country, life span, disambiguation and tags.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-annotationFree, runs locally

Scored matches from MusicBrainz's free-text annotations - editor-written notes attached to entities - returning the note text, the entity type and the entity's MBID.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-areaFree, runs locally

Scored area matches, each with its MBID, name, area type, ISO 3166 codes and life span.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-cdstubFree, runs locally

Scored matches from the CD stub table - bare title/artist/track submissions from CD rippers that were never linked to a real release - with each stub's disc ID, title, artist and track count.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-eventFree, runs locally

Scored event matches, each with its MBID, name, event type, date, cancelled flag and the artists and place attached to it.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-instrumentFree, runs locally

Scored instrument matches, each with its MBID, name, instrument type, description and multilingual aliases.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-labelFree, runs locally

Scored label matches, each with its MBID, name, type, label code, country, area and life span.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-placeFree, runs locally

Scored place matches, each with its MBID, name, place type, address, coordinates and containing area.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-recordingFree, runs locally

Scored recording matches, each with its MBID, title, length, artist credit and the releases it appears on.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-releaseFree, runs locally

Scored release matches, each with its MBID, title, status, date, country, barcode, label and track count.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-release-groupFree, runs locally

Scored release group matches, each with its MBID, title, primary and secondary types, first release date and artist credit.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-seriesFree, runs locally

Scored series matches, each with its MBID, name, series type and disambiguation.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/search-workFree, runs locally

Scored work matches, each with its MBID, title, type, language, ISWCs and writer relationships.

querylimit?offset?dismax?
musicbrainz/seriesFree, runs locally

One series by MBID - an ordered grouping such as a compilation franchise, a festival run or a concert tour: name, series type and disambiguation.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/url-resourceFree, runs locally

The MusicBrainz url entity for an exact external web address, giving its MBID so you can then walk its relationships back to the artist, label or release it describes.

resourceinc?
musicbrainz/workFree, runs locally

One work (a composition, as distinct from any recording of it) by MBID: title, type, language, ISWC codes and rights-society attributes, plus writer and composer relationships when requested.

mbidinc?
musicbrainz/works-by-artistFree, runs locally

Every work linked to an artist as writer, composer, lyricist or arranger, with each work's MBID, title, type, language and ISWCs.

artistlimit?offset?inc?

Licence

Non-commercial use of this web service is free; please see our commercial plans or contact us if you would like to use this service commercially.

https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API

Attribution

Display this wherever you show the data. It arrives on every response as provenance.attributionText.

Source: MusicBrainz