Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3598869/?format=api
{ "id": 3598869, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598869/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-01T15:19:27-08:00", "show": 65533, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65533/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Dance to the Music", "track_id": "3fd1330b-3825-395c-8d1b-4762f88da49e", "recording_id": "fe76d5f8-dc3b-4b8c-89cc-9f4d810150e8", "artist": "Sly & the Family Stone", "artist_ids": [ "b7ec4c54-1f93-4bf2-957f-7b9921ab84ea" ], "album": "Dance to the Music", "release_id": "b59298f4-7131-48e7-9cdc-f5ad8cff3e89", "release_group_id": "0e3c99d0-cd2a-3fa0-a874-fd9ff97cd72b", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1968-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sly Stone was concerned their first album A Whole New Thing hadn’t sold well because it was too complex. So for their next song, he wanted a hit.\n\nI had an idea in mind with the catchiest melody, the most obvious rhythm, and the simplest words.\n--\n\nThis song was a showcase for the different elements going on in the band. Drummer Greg Errico: “Sly wrote a song about dancing to the music, but he also injected some of the attributes that the band had—the vocal thing, the black/white/male/female thing. A little vocal breakdown, a drum breakdown, Larry Graham’s bass and Freddie Stone’s guitar, plus the horns—and to show we’re dancing and having fun together.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }