Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3571778/?format=api
{ "id": 3571778, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571778/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T10:31:26-07:00", "show": 64973, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64973/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Ghost Town", "track_id": "af800396-7eb7-421e-9d78-f7ce933477f7", "recording_id": "7a9df460-9474-412c-9ea5-32eab36a1432", "artist": "The Specials", "artist_ids": [ "07eb40a2-2914-439c-a01d-15a685b84ddf" ], "album": "Ranking & Skanking: The Best Of Punky Reggae", "release_id": "91204104-7683-4195-a0e9-add6439be7f1", "release_group_id": "2773bf88-3511-4fe7-ad1b-f158159b1946", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "1995-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Although you might often hear this song as part of Halloween festivities, it's not quite as celebratory as it might seem. \n\nEvoking themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the song being the last single recorded by the original seven members of the group before splitting up.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }