Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3604289/?format=api
{ "id": 3604289, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604289/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-14T14:01:56-08:00", "show": 65649, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65649/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "I Zimbra", "track_id": "9c45b10a-526c-3493-83b8-3e7871ea5adf", "recording_id": "87263f82-6bc9-437c-a49c-d26f845e7370", "artist": "Talking Heads", "artist_ids": [ "a94a7155-c79d-4409-9fcf-220cb0e4dc3a" ], "album": "Once in a Lifetime", "release_id": "a0e0a03b-55ac-3c13-b2cd-28ada90a2cf1", "release_group_id": "4115ff42-4d79-3a95-a745-a07e66ff3c42", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "2003-11-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jackie wrote: \"Thank you for always opening my ears to new music!\"\n--\nThe song was inspired by the Dadaist Hugo Ball, who was responsible for writing the Dada manifesto and pioneering ‘sound poetry’. His writing often reads as nonsensical, focusing on the sounds of the words as they are read out loud rather than conveying distinctive meaning. His best-known poem, ‘Gadji beri bimba’, forms the lyrical content of ‘I Zimbra’ with the band singing lines such as “Gadji beri bimba clandridi/ Lauli lonni cadori gadjam/ A bim beri glassala glandride/ E glassala tuffm I zimbra”.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }