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list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID

GET /v2/plays/3639848/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3639848,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639848/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-09T10:53:49-07:00",
    "show": 66407,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66407/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710206.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ae746c02-42f8-4af6-843c-854bf4c0af19/mbid-ae746c02-42f8-4af6-843c-854bf4c0af19-34582871435_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710206.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ae746c02-42f8-4af6-843c-854bf4c0af19/mbid-ae746c02-42f8-4af6-843c-854bf4c0af19-34582871435_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Althea",
    "track_id": "fb2ef6de-cafd-4fa7-ba4f-259c422c27ab",
    "recording_id": "3dc0af76-7159-4ab9-9f49-a48e4593ac5e",
    "artist": "Grateful Dead",
    "artist_ids": [
        "6faa7ca7-0d99-4a5e-bfa6-1fd5037520c6"
    ],
    "album": "Go to Heaven",
    "release_id": "ae746c02-42f8-4af6-843c-854bf4c0af19",
    "release_group_id": "dfa266ba-e606-3abd-ab29-4086634a7566",
    "labels": [
        "Arista"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "c62e3985-6370-446a-bfb8-f1f6122e9c33"
    ],
    "release_date": "1980-04-28",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Many Deadheads have poured over the lyrics to this song, finding references to Shakespeare, Greek mythology, and wondered if Robert Hunter’s lyrics were trying to warn Jerry Garcia about his worsening drug addiction. Guitarist John Mayer has said this was the song that got him into the Dead back in 2011, eventually leading to him becoming a part of Dead and Company.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}