diff --git a/beetsplug/bareasc.py b/beetsplug/bareasc.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# This file is part of beets.
+# Copyright 2016, Philippe Mongeau.
+# Copyright 2021, Graham R. Cobb
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and ascociated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# This module is adapted from Fuzzy in accordance to the licence of
+# that module
+
+"""Provides a bare-ASCII matching query.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
+
+from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
+from beets.dbcore.query import StringFieldQuery
+from unidecode import unidecode
+
+
+class BareascQuery(StringFieldQuery):
+    @classmethod
+    def string_match(cls, pattern, val):
+        print('In BareascQuery' + ' ' + pattern + ' ' + val)
+        # smartcase
+        if pattern.islower():
+            val = val.lower()
+        pattern = unidecode(pattern)
+        val = unidecode(val)
+        return pattern == val
+
+
+class BareascPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(BareascPlugin, self).__init__()
+        self.config.add({
+            'prefix': '#',
+        })
+
+    def queries(self):
+        prefix = self.config['prefix'].as_str()
+        return {prefix: BareascQuery}
diff --git a/test/test_bareasc.py b/test/test_bareasc.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Tests for the 'bareasc' plugin"""
+
+from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
+
+import unittest
+
+from test.helper import TestHelper
+
+from beets import logging
+
+
+class BareascPluginTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.setup_beets()
+        self.log = logging.getLogger('beets.web')
+        self.config['bareasc']['prefix'] = u'#'
+        self.load_plugins('bareasc')
+
+        # Add library elements. Note that self.lib.add overrides any "id=<n>"
+        # and assigns the next free id number.
+        self.add_item(title=u'with accents',
+                      album_id=2,
+                      artist=u'dvořák')
+        self.add_item(title=u'without accents',
+                      artist=u'dvorak')
+        self.add_item(title=u'with umlaut',
+                      album_id=2,
+                      artist=u'Brüggen')
+        self.add_item(title=u'without umlaut',
+                      artist=u'Bruggen')
+
+    def test_search_normal_noaccent(self):
+        items = self.lib.items('dvorak')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(items), 1)
+        self.assertEqual([items[0].title], [u'without accents'])
+
+    def test_search_normal_accent(self):
+        items = self.lib.items('dvořák')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(items), 1)
+        self.assertEqual([items[0].title], [u'with accents'])
+
+    def test_search_bareasc_noaccent(self):
+        items = self.lib.items('#dvorak')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(items), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {items[0].title, items[1].title},
+            {u'without accents', u'with accents'}
+        )
+
+    def test_search_bareasc_accent(self):
+        items = self.lib.items('#dvořák')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(items), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {items[0].title, items[1].title},
+            {u'without accents', u'with accents'}
+        )
+
+    def test_search_bareasc_noumlaut(self):
+        items = self.lib.items('#Bruggen')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(items), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {items[0].title, items[1].title},
+            {u'without umlaut', u'with umlaut'}
+        )
+
+    def test_search_bareasc_umlaut(self):
+        items = self.lib.items('#Brüggen')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(items), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {items[0].title, items[1].title},
+            {u'without umlaut', u'with umlaut'}
+        )
+
+
+def suite():
+    return unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromName(__name__)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(defaultTest='suite')