Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3627425/?format=api
{ "id": 3627425, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627425/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-10T12:46:54-07:00", "show": 66144, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66144/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710701.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f43f6018-82e1-3b7a-b5ac-5594d40a0a63/mbid-f43f6018-82e1-3b7a-b5ac-5594d40a0a63-6689063930_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710701.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f43f6018-82e1-3b7a-b5ac-5594d40a0a63/mbid-f43f6018-82e1-3b7a-b5ac-5594d40a0a63-6689063930_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Who Can It Be Now?", "track_id": "4a84784f-dec7-377a-bd06-0b51ca2bc614", "recording_id": "34111948-8e27-4422-8012-2e41980094c1", "artist": "Men at Work", "artist_ids": [ "395cc503-63b5-4a0b-a20a-604e3fcacea2" ], "album": "Business as Usual", "release_id": "8889cfad-3b67-3f6a-962b-deb41b6cc7cf", "release_group_id": "c9bff180-434f-3c93-aba5-ff579e3976aa", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1982-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The music was written by lead singer Colin Hay in a treehouse he and his girlfriend built in the wilderness of New South Wales.\nIn 1981, they were living in a Melbourne neighborhood that had everything from a large Jewish population…to punks and drug pushers. They never knew who might be knocking at their door…and that’s how Colin came up with the title and lyrics.\n--\nThe memorable saxophone hook you hear on “Who Can It Be Now?” is performed by band member Greg Ham, who died in 2012 .", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }