This gives MusicBrainz Picard a vast pool of information to draw from, but also some limitations, as its database mostly only includes music that’s seen a wide commercial release. As a result ...

MusicBrainz Picard’s utilitarian interface can quickly and accurately identify and tag thousands of files. Fourteen years ago, I ripped several Faith No More CDs to MP3.

Searching the MusicBrainz database in a web browser. Once you’ve narrowed down your search, use the green Tagger button (highlighted above) to push the metadata down to the Picard app.

Since hand-building a page for every artist to appear at a BBC event would be beyond our resources, we’re taking basic data around names, discographies and other key information from MusicBrainz ...

It's quite straightforward: log into MusicBrainz.org, locate the artist in question and then try to find the closest corresponding release (many music video DVDs are released alongside CD ...