Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3628054/?format=api
{ "id": 3628054, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628054/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:52:58-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia902807.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364-38886432738_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711203.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364-38886432738_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Careless Whisper", "track_id": "592fc4f6-0968-3cac-b3ad-4ed2b59666b5", "recording_id": "56ef9602-e098-44d9-9bd7-8193713bb2ee", "artist": "Wham!", "artist_ids": [ "d570bb31-b9ca-45a4-a2d9-11b186d9c159" ], "album": "Make It Big", "release_id": "d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364", "release_group_id": "0e319e00-ac06-34ed-b4fa-f6d206d4a4e6", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1984-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nGeorge Michael claimed that he got more compliments on his writing of the sax solo at the beginning of the song than on anything else he had ever written. The saxophone part was played by Steve Gregory, a session player based in London. As verified by Chris Porter, who was the engineer on the session, 10 different sax players tried to do the solo before Gregory came up with the sound Michael was looking for.\n\nOne of the challenges was getting so many notes in one breath. This was accomplished when Porter slowed down the tape when he recorded Gregory's solo. When he played the tape back at normal speed, Michael approved it. The result is one of the most famous sax solos in popular music.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }