Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3584289/?format=api
{ "id": 3584289, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3584289/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-11-28T22:40:09-08:00", "show": 65235, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65235/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Bonita Applebum", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "89267c1f-e888-42f0-bf32-40f56c4c002c", "artist": "A Tribe Called Quest", "artist_ids": [ "9689aa5a-4471-4fb4-9721-07cecda0fa9f" ], "album": "People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "02adb8a7-496c-3a9a-a324-662df73fdba5", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1990-03-12", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sampled by P.M. Dawn for \"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss\", \"Bonita Applebum\" in turn sampled Cannonball Adderley's \"Soul Virgo\" and Rotary Connection's \"Memory Band.\"\n\nInitially, Q-Tip used a conventional rap delivery, but inspired after reading a Miles Davis interview about \"space\" (rests), he decided to adopt the technique by changing the beat and using a more conversational delivery. \n--\nWatch them perform \"Bonita Applebum\" live: https://youtu.be/jJ3Ffu-2cNY", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }