Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/374375/?format=api
{ "id": 374375, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/374375/?format=api", "airdate": "2019-08-30T07:06:00-07:00", "show": 6229, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/6229/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Voice of Harold", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Rem", "artist_ids": [ "1b5218fd-c2cb-4385-a9a6-225fa9daf276" ], "album": "", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1950-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is literally just the liner notes to a gospel album by The Revelaires that the band’s producer, Don Dixon, found in the attic of the studio. During the recording of the album \"Reckoning,\" lead singer Michael Stipe reportedly sang his part so quietly that it was almost completely inaudible. Frustrated with Stipe’s timid performance, producer Don Dixon halted the sessions and went into the studio attic, where he found an old gospel record by a band called The Revelaires titled The Joy of Knowing Jesus. He noticed the oddly hyperbolic liner notes and thought that Stipe might find them interesting. So Dixon gave Stipe the record and, unexpectedly, Stipe began singing the liner notes on the next take – very loudly, this time. Dixon’s idea somehow worked, Stipe came out of his shell and the results were saved. Here are those lyrics: https://genius.com/Rem-voice-of-harold-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }