Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3612728/?format=api
{ "id": 3612728, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3612728/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-03T14:35:51-08:00", "show": 65831, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65831/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Superman Lover", "track_id": "fcb34352-3114-357a-ae99-43ad29194dac", "recording_id": "4573b10b-cbde-4e23-8d28-602faee8102b", "artist": "Johnny “Guitar” Watson", "artist_ids": [ "defba3df-b0f3-4ef1-8e1f-4ef88cc8fc42" ], "album": "Best of the Funk Years", "release_id": "5732cc17-1f07-4796-83dc-d4fc62c5be82", "release_group_id": "c791a8ba-c332-4d9c-a934-bf97f8d85bbe", "labels": [ "Shout! Factory" ], "label_ids": [ "004762a8-6905-4270-b5f8-ceef5fc5bc73" ], "release_date": "2006-05-30", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Born this day in 1935: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, American blues guitarist and singer. Watson died on May 17th, 1996 while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. According to eyewitness reports, he collapsed mid-guitar solo. His last words were \"ain't that a bitch\".\n\n\"They call Elvis the King; but the sure-enough King was Johnny 'Guitar' Watson.\" - Etta James. Though Blues great Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson recorded throughout the 1950s and 60s, he found commercial success in the 1970s with his funk influenced tracks. Here are 10 things you may not know about this great musician who was born on this day in 1935: https://www.americanbluesscene.com/10-things-didnt-know-johnny-guitar-watson/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }