beetbox / beetbox/beets

Include artist country and start/end date in artist info

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Description

When looking up artist information on MusicBrainz, their area and start/end dates are also returned. It would be neat to have this information included as well, so you could use this information for path names (e.g., `/path/to/music/Redžepova, Esma (1943–2016)/…`), searches ("show me music performed by people from Uganda born in September"), etc.

This would obsolete the 3rd party plugin [`beets-artistcountry`](https://github.com/agrausem/beets-artistcountry) and it would thus probably be good to reuse the `$artistcountry` variable from that, if it makes sense.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the beets-artistcountry plugin linked in the issue, especially its $artistcountry variable, and trace how MusicBrainz artist information is incorporated. Define how area and start/end dates should appear in artist metadata, path names, and searches, then verify those uses with the existing behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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