wolffd@0: function [artists, mbids] = fm_retrieve_artist(artist_name)
wolffd@0: %[tags, tag_weight] = fm_get_artist_tags(artist_name)
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: % returns last.fm artist tags and tag weights for given artist
wolffd@0: % this uses a lastpy python script to handle the REST data exchange
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: % call python function
wolffd@0: str = python('fm_retrieve_artist.py',artist_name);
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: % parse text function output
wolffd@0: artists = textscan(str,'%s %s','Delimiter',',');
wolffd@0: mbids = artists{2};
wolffd@0: artists = artists{1};