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list: List of plays
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GET /v2/plays/3655937/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3655937,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3655937/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-05-17T12:31:43-07:00",
    "show": 66742,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66742/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn711406.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ff8895a3-211d-4603-a4e1-cf5fdd2a905f/mbid-ff8895a3-211d-4603-a4e1-cf5fdd2a905f-45005733205_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711406.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ff8895a3-211d-4603-a4e1-cf5fdd2a905f/mbid-ff8895a3-211d-4603-a4e1-cf5fdd2a905f-45005733205_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Return to Sender",
    "track_id": "47d0aed2-82a2-4acc-bb5c-e2f6bfa8f1c6",
    "recording_id": "ae8c3606-43e8-45e0-884a-780fcf8aebb2",
    "artist": "Ibibio Sound Machine",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Return to Sender",
    "release_id": "ff8895a3-211d-4603-a4e1-cf5fdd2a905f",
    "release_group_id": "190e97e3-2e69-4bfe-9434-9c9016c14428",
    "labels": [
        "Merge Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "5a4f8d65-681e-4a1f-85a8-a874c9513888"
    ],
    "release_date": "2026-04-29",
    "rotation_status": "Heavy",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Two years after the release of their album Pull the Rope, London-based Ibibio Sound Machine return with \"Return To Sender.\" According to a press release, the song is about a car accident in which Eno Williams felt the steering wheel jump out of her hand, as if by some supernatural force.\n\nhttps://ibibiosoundmachine.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-sender\nhttps://ibibiosoundmachine.com/",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}