Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3605499/?format=api
{ "id": 3605499, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605499/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-17T12:12:09-08:00", "show": 65675, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65675/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Mr. Blue Sky", "track_id": "cb4c416c-4042-394e-a301-663cce80f339", "recording_id": "6e33056b-2a34-4ed0-b49c-f7a8ae2c5bcc", "artist": "Electric Light Orchestra", "artist_ids": [ "0c502791-4ee9-4c5f-9696-0602b721ff3b" ], "album": "Out of the Blue", "release_id": "b8971f09-9ef4-4d96-b0d9-ea1ffaa031a7", "release_group_id": "a720436f-9c8e-439a-a147-18e83441edab", "labels": [ "Jet Records" ], "label_ids": [ "ffb28ce2-93d9-41db-8540-09c7625415ed" ], "release_date": "1977-10-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In April 1977, Jeff Lynne was sitting in a chalet in the foothills of the Swiss Alps when the inspiration for the song that became his biggest hit came to him. “It was dark and misty for two weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing,\" Lynne told BBC Radio 2 in October 2018. \"Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps’. I wrote Mr. Blue Sky and 13 other songs in the next two weeks.” https://shorturl.at/QP4cU", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }