Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3635627/?format=api
{ "id": 3635627, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635627/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-30T14:48:16-07:00", "show": 66322, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66322/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/33348d25-4a45-4156-934e-b3d68efe5953/6912640108-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/33348d25-4a45-4156-934e-b3d68efe5953/6912640108-250.jpg", "song": "Before the Night Is Over", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "63b26803-e24d-4a71-9ae0-64ec031bea01", "artist": "Joe Simon", "artist_ids": [ "b7635355-a40d-4b08-b441-71aa91017bfd" ], "album": "Easy to Love", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "c4f63b05-7439-4189-be0d-21ab2aeeb92c", "labels": [ "Spring Records" ], "label_ids": [ "cb567171-efd2-4429-83de-80a354014c60" ], "release_date": "1977-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "1977 release from Louisiana-born R&B and soul artist Joe Simon. Simon had a number of his songs sampled, including OutKast, who sampled \"Before the Night is Over\" in \"So Fresh, So Clean\" and Lil' Kim, who sampled Simon's \"It Be's That Way Sometimes\" in \"Magic Stick\", featuring 50 Cent. Memphis Bleek sampled Simon's \"Trace Your Love\" for the track \"Alright\" on his 2005 '534' album.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }