Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3627937/?format=api
{ "id": 3627937, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627937/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T01:44:31-07:00", "show": 66157, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66157/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/acf877ef-9d37-49ed-aaa9-f829bfdaae9f/20143521407-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/acf877ef-9d37-49ed-aaa9-f829bfdaae9f/20143521407-250.jpg", "song": "Ring the Alarm", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ea9796b4-1b8c-40c1-89bc-5fea04e5c760", "artist": "Tenor Saw", "artist_ids": [ "63a2d69c-1d6c-4a28-b61e-3879906c9b84" ], "album": "Ring the Alarm", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ffc78eb9-7ba6-4b13-b52c-e3b5972d3231", "labels": [ "Techniques" ], "label_ids": [ "49902de0-8282-4604-a7f2-ca90bd809329" ], "release_date": "1985-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "One of the most important figures in early ragga and dancehall, Tenor Saw (born Clive Bright, 1966, Kingston, Jamaica) is best-known for his 1985 hit \"Ring the Alarm,\" a song based on the then-ubiquitous \"Stalag 17\" rhythm which proved to be one of the biggest -- and catchiest -- hits to come out of reggae's transition into the electronic age.\n--\nBright was struck by an automobile in 1988 and killed when he was just 21 years old.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }