Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3610948/?format=api
{ "id": 3610948, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3610948/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-30T07:31:50-08:00", "show": 65792, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65792/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600207.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-2597aa31-27ad-480c-8cfe-1603cb87a91b/mbid-2597aa31-27ad-480c-8cfe-1603cb87a91b-5977036705_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800207.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-2597aa31-27ad-480c-8cfe-1603cb87a91b/mbid-2597aa31-27ad-480c-8cfe-1603cb87a91b-5977036705_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Electric Avenue", "track_id": "36a2fc06-c430-3818-8083-f979fda5c75d", "recording_id": "84e66d8b-e398-4af0-b008-821473774a04", "artist": "Eddy Grant", "artist_ids": [ "0cf0583a-fcfd-4f07-b573-95273ec4bdb5" ], "album": "Killer on the Rampage", "release_id": "2597aa31-27ad-480c-8cfe-1603cb87a91b", "release_group_id": "3d9dd38c-ff72-3eed-ba01-e15712554cd4", "labels": [ "Ice Records" ], "label_ids": [ "1f183966-45b6-469c-9e83-2f863e14e48c" ], "release_date": "1982-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Did you know that Eddy Grant was originally from Guyana? He had many pop and ska groups in England and Barbados. His first band, The Equals, had three Top 10 hits in England in the 1960s. They were the first multiracial band to find success in the UK. : https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddy-grant-mn0000796763\n--\nThere weren't many instruments involved on \"Electric Avenue,\" just some basic synth, a drum kit, and a guitar. Literally every note was played by Grant. The rest of the sound was shaped through processing, including the motorcycle noise, created by looping a snare drum roll and distorting it.\n--\nHere's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }