Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3633533/?format=api
{ "id": 3633533, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633533/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T15:09:09-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710707.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a55a7de4-5a1c-3c84-98c6-28b042ee5202/mbid-a55a7de4-5a1c-3c84-98c6-28b042ee5202-17137828996_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710707.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a55a7de4-5a1c-3c84-98c6-28b042ee5202/mbid-a55a7de4-5a1c-3c84-98c6-28b042ee5202-17137828996_thumb250.jpg", "song": "When the Levee Breaks", "track_id": "ea58d8a1-139d-3623-93de-5ffb8dccb78e", "recording_id": "3d4edbbd-8cd1-4c8a-be02-d19ded65e00f", "artist": "Led Zeppelin", "artist_ids": [ "678d88b2-87b0-403b-b63d-5da7465aecc3" ], "album": "[Led Zeppelin IV]", "release_id": "a55a7de4-5a1c-3c84-98c6-28b042ee5202", "release_group_id": "2e61da88-39e9-3473-81d2-c964cb394952", "labels": [ "Atlantic" ], "label_ids": [ "50c384a2-0b44-401b-b893-8181173339c7" ], "release_date": "1994-07-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The lyrics to this song written by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929 are based on The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. \n---\nMemphis Minnie McCoy (born Lizzie Douglas), was a blues artist who recorded \"When The Levee Breaks\" in 1929. Robert Plant had the record in his collection.\n--\nJohn Bonham’s iconic drum sound on the Led Zeppelin version of “When the Levee Breaks” was achieved by placing his drums in the stairwell of Headley Grange, a Victorian house in Hampshire, England. Ribbon mics were hung above him. The echo created a massive, thundering sound.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }