Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3673992/?format=api
{ "id": 3673992, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3673992/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-06-29T11:15:11-07:00", "show": 67119, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/67119/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710607.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ac777701-3e93-4892-be73-e44365b65b1e/mbid-ac777701-3e93-4892-be73-e44365b65b1e-3722247799_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710607.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ac777701-3e93-4892-be73-e44365b65b1e/mbid-ac777701-3e93-4892-be73-e44365b65b1e-3722247799_thumb250.jpg", "song": "When Doves Cry", "track_id": "e8722a6e-c8dd-33e8-8c1c-8d090f232f44", "recording_id": "180bced7-a6a3-472e-bcf2-51ae29b7959e", "artist": "Prince and The Revolution", "artist_ids": [ "4c8ead39-b9df-4c56-a27c-51bc049cfd48", "070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e" ], "album": "Purple Rain", "release_id": "ac777701-3e93-4892-be73-e44365b65b1e", "release_group_id": "b93a7c47-a6d4-33f2-9034-53fdd991f4ba", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c595c289-47ce-4fba-b999-b87503e8cb71" ], "release_date": "1984-07-27", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "While \"When Doves Cry\" is legendary for having no bassline, Prince actually recorded a full, driving 16th-note synth bassline—resembling The Eurythmics' \"Here Comes the Rain Again\"—before turning to his engineer, giggling, and muting it because he realized the song felt too conventional. \n\nAlso interestingly, the track was a last-minute addition created in a single day after Purple Rain director Albert Magnoli requested a song specifically tailored to a dark, tumultuous cinematic montage, meaning Prince essentially \"unproduced\" his most daring, rule-breaking masterpiece on the fly under a strict deadline.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }