public function search($methodVars)
    {
        // Check for required variables
        if (!empty($methodVars['artist'])) {
            $vars = array(
                'method' => 'artist.search',
                'api_key' => $this->auth->apiKey
            );
            $vars = array_merge($vars, $methodVars);

            if ($call = $this->apiGetCall($vars)) {
                $callNamespaces = $call->getDocNamespaces(true);
                // fix missing namespace (sic)
                if (!isset($callNamespaces['opensearch'])) {
                    $call->results->addAttribute('xmlns:xmlns:opensearch', 'http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/');
                    $call = new SimpleXMLElement($call->asXML());
                }
                $opensearch = $call->results->children('http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/');
                if ($opensearch->totalResults > 0) {
                    $searchResults['totalResults'] = (string) $opensearch->totalResults;
                    $searchResults['startIndex'] = (string) $opensearch->startIndex;
                    $searchResults['itemsPerPage'] = (string) $opensearch->itemsPerPage;
                    $i = 0;
                    foreach ($call->results->artistmatches->artist as $artist) {
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['name'] = (string) $artist->name;
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['mbid'] = (string) $artist->mbid;
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['url'] = (string) $artist->url;
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['streamable'] = (string) $artist->streamable;
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['image']['small'] = (string) $artist->image[0];
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['image']['medium'] = (string) $artist->image[1];
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['image']['large'] = (string) $artist->image[2];
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['image']['extralarge'] = (string) $artist->image[3];
                        $searchResults['results'][$i]['image']['mega'] = (string) $artist->image[4];
                        $i++;
                    }

                    return $searchResults;
                } else {
                    throw new NoResultsException('No results');
                }
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        } else {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException('You must include artist variable in the call for this method');
        }
    }