Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3605812/?format=api
{ "id": 3605812, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605812/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-18T02:54:14-08:00", "show": 65681, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65681/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801407.us.archive.org/15/items/mbid-53e18121-f90c-4a61-8138-7949a7c5c502/mbid-53e18121-f90c-4a61-8138-7949a7c5c502-16033494740_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801407.us.archive.org/15/items/mbid-53e18121-f90c-4a61-8138-7949a7c5c502/mbid-53e18121-f90c-4a61-8138-7949a7c5c502-16033494740_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Beat Surrender", "track_id": "2e312558-1fd8-3b4e-8f00-3a910b7c2ae4", "recording_id": "c37a18c4-5b4d-419c-99a7-b3b9e1aa5720", "artist": "The Jam", "artist_ids": [ "23228f18-01d5-493e-94ce-cfcde82a8db2" ], "album": "Compact Snap!", "release_id": "53e18121-f90c-4a61-8138-7949a7c5c502", "release_group_id": "efa4cd91-8793-3e89-94f4-27f8653314c1", "labels": [ "Polydor" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2" ], "release_date": "1997-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The song's title was based on Anita Ward's 1979 disco song, \"Sweet Surrender\" and was written with the band's split in mind. Paul Weller recalled to Mojo magazine in 2015: \"I wanted it to be a final statement on The Jam. A sort of clarion call. It was like, Right, we're stopping it – you take it on now.\"\n\n\"Was it emotional for me to write? Pff, not really no 'Cos my head was in Style Council towards the last days. I was counting down the hours and the days 'til I could crack on with that.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }