{"id":3582939,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3582939/?format=json","airdate":"2025-11-25T19:58:04-08:00","show":65210,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65210/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"The Witch Queen of New Orleans","track_id":null,"recording_id":null,"artist":"Redbone","artist_ids":["b3fa0e6f-93db-4aa5-b76e-393e24de35ba"],"album":"The Witch Queen of New Orleans (aka Message from a Drum) [Expanded Edition]","release_id":null,"release_group_id":null,"labels":["Legacy Recordings"],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"1971-12-22","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"The song 'Witch Queen of New Orleans' by Redbone tells the story of Marie Laveau, a powerful voodoo queen from New Orleans. It describes her mystical abilities, potions, and the fear she instilled in people, portraying her as a figure of both fascination and intimidation in the realm of magic and folklore.\n\nRedbone consists of Native American brothers Patrick (Yaqui/Shoshone/Mexican) (bass and vocals) and Candido \"Lolly\" Vasquez-Vegas (guitar, sitar and vocals)(Yaqui/Shoshone/Mexican), guitarist Tony Bellamy (Mexican-American Yaqui), and drummer Pete DePoe (Southern Cheyenne, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and Rogue River/Siletz, French, German).","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}