Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3558782/?format=api
{ "id": 3558782, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3558782/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-09-28T11:07:13-07:00", "show": 64690, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64690/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Laredo (Small Dark Something)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "25a0e043-1749-480d-8165-b3891c202057", "artist": "James McMurtry", "artist_ids": [ "0d842c11-3f11-4dae-aa41-4e6e8beccc09" ], "album": "The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "New West Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c1b263e3-f148-4e85-81a3-c57aefc56797" ], "release_date": "2025-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The album cover is from a pencil sketch of McMurtry drawn by The Merry Prankster’s Ken Kesey, who often visited James McMurtry’s family when he was young. \n\nJames McMurtry describes his songwriting method: \"You follow the words where they lead. If you can get a character, maybe you can get a story. If you can set it to a verse-chorus structure, maybe you can get a song.\" \n\nhttps://jamesmcmurtry.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-dog-and-the-wandering-boy", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }