Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3579108/?format=api
{ "id": 3579108, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3579108/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-16T19:21:44-08:00", "show": 65129, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65129/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e2f6bf07-27c6-49c5-8db7-5dda3918c858/27957921865-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e2f6bf07-27c6-49c5-8db7-5dda3918c858/27957921865-250.jpg", "song": "Got to Make It Better", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "944e6a42-a2dd-4e21-be8a-5483c18c775c", "artist": "Mystic Merlin", "artist_ids": [ "8228f42c-f4b6-4baa-9d6b-7922693e7438" ], "album": "Sixty Thrills a Minute", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "0426abf8-e731-4af6-8357-56a8009fa904", "labels": [ "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1981-02-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sophisticated funk/soul band Mystic Merlin released \"Got to Make It Better\" on the 1981 album, Sixty Thrills a Minute.\n\nThe first lineup of Mystic Merlin featured Jerry Anderson (guitar), Betty Brown (vocals), Clyde Bullard (bass), Leslie Dorsey (keyboards, vocals), Keith Gonzalez (vocals), Sly Randolph (drums), and Barry Strutt (saxophone, keyboards). Starting in 1982, main vocals were occasionally provided by Freddie Jackson who went onto have a hugely successful solo career.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }