Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3634152/?format=api
{ "id": 3634152, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3634152/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-27T05:24:43-07:00", "show": 66290, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66290/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710305.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-8e7e884a-27aa-47d0-ad6f-1701f5e9ee6b/mbid-8e7e884a-27aa-47d0-ad6f-1701f5e9ee6b-23441929508_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710305.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-8e7e884a-27aa-47d0-ad6f-1701f5e9ee6b/mbid-8e7e884a-27aa-47d0-ad6f-1701f5e9ee6b-23441929508_thumb250.jpg", "song": "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do", "track_id": "07c10ec2-6f18-381e-87be-88df3da27af4", "recording_id": "0b620469-b00e-4f0d-9780-1da4364099de", "artist": "Bessie Smith", "artist_ids": [ "ffa28768-ecda-42c6-ac49-6ce5c7d33043" ], "album": "The Complete Recordings, Volume 1", "release_id": "8e7e884a-27aa-47d0-ad6f-1701f5e9ee6b", "release_group_id": "704afa64-eff0-3d46-96d0-8cbd48b707ba", "labels": [ "Legacy" ], "label_ids": [ "45ffe1d8-92da-4750-9a4a-f42861f46e2c" ], "release_date": "1991-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Classic 1923 take on a 1922 Porter Grainger/Everett Robbins blues that became one of the first true blues standards, with Bessie staking out defiantly personal freedom—“I’m gonna do just as I want to anyway”—even while the verses matter‑of‑factly mention abuse and self‑destructive choices. Her recording helped cement the song as a signature of the classic‑blues diva era and a touchstone for later singers from Billie Holiday onward, turning “ain’t nobody’s business” into a permanent mantra of autonomy in American music.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }