lyricsgenius-mcp-server

WinstonFassett/lyricsgenius-mcp-server

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The LyricsGenius MCP Server provides access to song lyrics and artist information from Genius.com using the LyricsGenius library.

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LyricsGenius MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing song lyrics and artist information from Genius.com via the LyricsGenius library.

Features

  • Search for artists and songs on Genius.com
  • Get detailed information about artists
  • Retrieve song lyrics
  • Get artist albums and top songs
  • Get album tracks
  • Search across different content types (songs, artists, albums, etc.)

Requirements

Installation

  1. Clone this repository

    git clone <repository-url>
cd lyricsgenius-mcp

  2. Create a virtual environment

    uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

  3. Install dependencies

    uv pip install -r requirements.txt

  4. Set up your Genius API token

    • Create a copy of .env and rename it to .env
    • Replace your_token_here with your actual Genius API token

Usage

Running the server directly

python server.py

Installing in Claude Desktop

mcp install server.py

Running with MCP development tools

mcp dev server.py

Server Capabilities

Tools

  • search(query, search_type=None, per_page=10, page=1) - Search Genius for artists, songs, albums or other content
  • get_lyrics(title, artist=None) - Get lyrics for a song directly
  • get_artist_songs(artist_identifier, per_page=20, sort="popularity") - Get songs by an artist
  • get_artist_albums(artist_identifier) - Get albums by an artist
  • get_album_tracks(album_identifier) - Get tracks from an album by its ID or name

License

MIT