Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3628371/?format=api
{ "id": 3628371, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628371/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-13T09:36:43-07:00", "show": 66168, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66168/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710709.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062-29352634849_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710709.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062-29352634849_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Things Can Only Get Better", "track_id": "b8bc81bd-d170-4c03-9ce5-d921ba1f503b", "recording_id": "fe1f79ad-8bc9-42ce-8b3a-641680d79b30", "artist": "Howard Jones", "artist_ids": [ "23b2cc78-7595-4630-bebb-a349a4f25262" ], "album": "Dream Into Action", "release_id": "f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062", "release_group_id": "c00eb33f-cdbc-3fe5-a4fe-a52e212cfb46", "labels": [ "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "1985-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Your gift will be matched when you donate $10.00 a month or more right now!: https://www.kexp.org/donate/\n---\n\"...I wanted to write a song that was really uplifting and give people a sense of hope about the future.\"\nSynth-pop pioneer Howard Jones wrote this song in the men's locker room of a basketball stadium. Here's how: https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/songs/how-i-wrote/things-can-only-get-better-howard-jones", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }