Play Public Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3541985,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3541985/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2025-08-19T08:05:19-07:00",
    "show": 64330,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64330/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "",
    "thumbnail_uri": "",
    "song": "Back to Life",
    "track_id": "d39a902c-3ae9-4702-b674-e23439d1f8a7",
    "recording_id": "2452badd-3e75-4117-b37a-67dab7b039aa",
    "artist": "Soul II Soul",
    "artist_ids": [
        "9350241a-d698-4489-92bf-41794f383ff3"
    ],
    "album": "Classic Masters",
    "release_id": "44e525ab-0087-4fb3-9325-fe69335aa6fc",
    "release_group_id": "0f222296-b0d9-43db-99c1-086b9611b384",
    "labels": [
        "Virgin"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "49b58bdb-3d74-40c6-956a-4c4b46115c9c"
    ],
    "release_date": "2003-01-01",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Produced by the amazing Nellee Hooper! \n==\nGood morning KEXP team\n\nWould you play “Back To Life” by Soul II Soul?\n\nHappy Tuesday,\nBrian\nWest Seattle\n--\n\"A UK number 1 hit in 1989, Soul II Soul’s ‘Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)’ was the sound of London’s funk and rare groove ’80s club scene emerging from the underground and scaling its way to the top of the charts, while at the same time creating an entirely new sound. Built around shuffling beats, a sub bass line, string stabs and its super‑catchy Caron Wheeler‑sung chant hookline, it was — and remains — a groundbreaking, uniquely stylistic record.\"  Read more about Soul II Soul and this record: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-soul-ii-soul-back-life\n--\nWatch the official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54dZkzZOY",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}