Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3577979/?format=api
{ "id": 3577979, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3577979/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-14T07:41:29-08:00", "show": 65105, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65105/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "By the Time I Get to Arizona", "track_id": "53a82134-4264-3762-9230-7b261cd8fd2d", "recording_id": "e1b2541c-fe9f-4caf-9d11-c922b358da82", "artist": "Public Enemy", "artist_ids": [ "bf2e15d0-4b77-469e-bfb4-f8414415baca" ], "album": "Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black", "release_id": "4af7bbba-d6fa-43ef-9969-4ee4a223ab00", "release_group_id": "b21f49a6-cd5f-3783-9302-6a727121e787", "labels": [ "Def Jam Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "a92d1684-4edb-48aa-b913-30e9da213004" ], "release_date": "1991-10-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Nice seque, Mr. DJ...\n----\nThe song deals with former Arizona governor Evan Mecham, who faced harsh criticism during his time in office after he refused to recognize Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday. \n\nThe music video stirred some controversy, as it depicts the group assassinating the governor with a car bomb. The song and the video are Public Enemy at their most militant, implying that they will use force to advance their agenda. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFOb_f7ubw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }