{"id":3596446,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3596446/?format=json","airdate":"2025-12-26T20:53:48-08:00","show":65481,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65481/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Nijaay","track_id":null,"recording_id":"760ff5df-874f-49d9-8d26-a501712d489d","artist":"Orchestra Baobab","artist_ids":["30331c85-26d4-4daa-9f66-3075cac4c20b"],"album":null,"release_id":null,"release_group_id":null,"labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":null,"rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"from pitchforks tribute to Balla Sidibe: \"Born in 1942, Sidibé abandoned a career with the police force to make music in the cultural hub of Casamance in Senegal. Assembled from a group of local musicians, Orchestra Baobab formed in 1970 as the house band for Dakar’s Baobab Club and spent the decade honing a West African dance music that variously incorporated Afro-Latin styles, pop, and West African griot music, among other styles.\"\n\nLove coming in from Senegal made my night!","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}