Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3638326/?format=api
{ "id": 3638326, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638326/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T20:19:20-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f5484382-e1ce-421e-b1a9-f7327d94db1f/20709170514-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f5484382-e1ce-421e-b1a9-f7327d94db1f/20709170514-250.jpg", "song": "The Grunt", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "42b8bd4d-5dbe-4d73-ae30-c8dc0f035a0a", "artist": "The J.B.’s", "artist_ids": [ "cb6a2948-7b9b-4a15-8c71-2b79cc76408e" ], "album": "Food for Thought", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2ec80ef6-5460-37ff-8745-e9bb942fa84a", "labels": [ "People" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1972-06-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The Grunt\" is a funk instrumental originally recorded in 1970 by James Brown's band The J.B.'s, and included on the album Food for Thought. \nIt was released as a two-part single on King. It was one of only two instrumental singles recorded by the original J.B.'s lineup with Bootsy and Catfish Collins.\n\nSampled 268 times by artists like Salt-N-Pepa, Vanessa Williams, Soul II Soul, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, and more.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }