Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3635730/?format=api
{ "id": 3635730, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635730/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-30T21:40:02-07:00", "show": 66324, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66324/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/bcb340d6-dd5b-4701-b1e9-5e06babed3f5/31346890914-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/bcb340d6-dd5b-4701-b1e9-5e06babed3f5/31346890914-250.jpg", "song": "Fotografía", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "3d531534-3de8-45ad-a060-11ace216486f", "artist": "Jumbo", "artist_ids": [ "6aebc222-b12a-4ea6-ac98-cc74ecebcea5" ], "album": "Restaurant", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "dcf6dd7c-2d14-3d75-8472-f3471336a646", "labels": [ "RCA" ], "label_ids": [ "1ca5ed29-e00b-4ea5-b817-0bcca0e04946" ], "release_date": "1999-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“Fotografía” by Jumbo is one of the signature tracks from the Monterrey group’s 1999 debut album Restaurant—a record that helped establish them as a central voice in the Avanzada Regia rock scene of the late ’90s.\n\nWhere Restaurant offers a blend of melodic hooks and alt‑rock grit, “Fotografía” stands out for its contemplative balance of introspection and chorus‑driven energy. Anchored by a warm, mid‑tempo groove and chiming guitars, the song leans into nostalgia, using the metaphor of photographs to explore memory, time, and emotional weight in everyday life. Lines that compare life’s flow to ocean waves capture that sense of universal up‑and‑down feeling—the melancholic and the uplifting woven together in equal measure.\n\nVocally and instrumentally, the track strikes a bittersweet chord. The delivery feels intimate yet expansive, with expressive melodic lines that make it both personal and universal. It’s the kind of song that can feel like a soundtrack to reflection on past connections or moments that defined coming‑of‑age experiences for many Mexicans and rock en español fans at the turn of the millennium.\n\nListen:\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jumbo+Fotografia", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }