Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3631622/?format=api
{ "id": 3631622, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3631622/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-20T19:10:30-07:00", "show": 66233, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66233/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Oye Asem", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "39c340e9-0f0a-4466-8d69-c8655665aeca", "artist": "Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band", "artist_ids": [ "6dd5fc2d-980f-4f5c-8988-e3f83b1a5f27", "b1b19d69-d5b3-468f-a715-c2e3baabf3c6" ], "album": null, "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Produced, arranged, and musically directed by Ebo Taylor during the 1970s Sweet Beans era; both were key architects in modernizing Ghanaian highlife by incorporating American funk structures, horn arrangements, and extended grooves\n\nPat Thomas and Ebo Taylor are foundational pillars of Ghanaian Highlife, Afrobeat, and Afro-funk, with a partnership dating back to the 1960s. Thomas, known as \"The Golden Voice of Africa,\" launched his career in Taylor's bands—the Broadway Dance Band and The Blue Monks—before collaborating on iconic 1970s recordings where Taylor arranged and produced.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }