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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=118080&ordering=-airdate
https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/?format=api&limit=20&offset=118100&ordering=-airdate", "previous": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/?format=api&limit=20&offset=118060&ordering=-airdate", "results": [ { "id": 3437509, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437509/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:48:14-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800805.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-3de00d81-8e1e-4d05-9c17-138ecb0ee364/mbid-3de00d81-8e1e-4d05-9c17-138ecb0ee364-40444701159_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800805.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-3de00d81-8e1e-4d05-9c17-138ecb0ee364/mbid-3de00d81-8e1e-4d05-9c17-138ecb0ee364-40444701159_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Duke Ellington Bridge", "track_id": "0f4daf1d-3023-4e0f-b4f0-32fd9e7fb573", "recording_id": "8252af76-8437-4137-8633-7666f52e3d15", "artist": "Des Demonas", "artist_ids": [ "7536e54b-aa8f-429a-aa62-21184a53c14c" ], "album": "Apocalyptic Boom! Boom!", "release_id": "3de00d81-8e1e-4d05-9c17-138ecb0ee364", "release_group_id": "712a1920-d9a2-4a3d-920c-a669a2b8e1a2", "labels": [ "In the Red Records" ], "label_ids": [ "485d19d8-74e5-4c06-8751-ce6f04d3f282" ], "release_date": "2024-11-29", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The group is made up of some familiar names from the DC punk, garage, and indie scenes. A Kenyan punk-poet-politique Jacky “Cougar” Abok (Foul Swoops, Thee Lolitas) is on vocals & percussion, Mark Cisneros (Hammered Hulls, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, The Make-Up) is on guitar, Paul Vivari (Benjy Ferree, DJ Soul Call Paul) is on Farfisa organ and bass machine, and Matt Gatwood (Two Inch Astronaut) is on drums.\n--\nBuilt in the 1930s to accommodate streetcars, this District of Columbia bridge was renamed for jazz musician Duke Ellington after his death in 1974.: https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/175", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437510, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437510/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:47:33-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3437508, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437508/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:45:06-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600505.us.archive.org/18/items/mbid-b3a155d1-909b-4a48-a633-82a373b7a943/mbid-b3a155d1-909b-4a48-a633-82a373b7a943-14729564254_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800505.us.archive.org/18/items/mbid-b3a155d1-909b-4a48-a633-82a373b7a943/mbid-b3a155d1-909b-4a48-a633-82a373b7a943-14729564254_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I Know What Boys Like", "track_id": "d8834ff2-19a9-3f2d-927c-2739d0e9ee8a", "recording_id": "4ef0ce13-f03a-4292-a214-5f49419122cf", "artist": "The Waitresses", "artist_ids": [ "8acd46ce-3c10-402e-9ede-676b31c837cb" ], "album": "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?", "release_id": "b3a155d1-909b-4a48-a633-82a373b7a943", "release_group_id": "2d4272ff-5caf-3f98-b0f8-e67c60ce9587", "labels": [ "Polydor", "ZE Records" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2", "9474b0cc-8065-457c-865d-463f2383ce00" ], "release_date": "1982-12-13", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"I Know What Boys Like\" was considered a one-hit wonder for the vastly talented group The Waitresses, fronted by guitarist/songwriter Chris Butler with vocals by Patty Donahue. The song, recorded in 1980 and re-released in 1982 for their album \"Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?,\" was later featured in the 1987 movie \"I Was A Teenage Zombie.\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bWUFz73wKM", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437507, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437507/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:41:27-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801801.us.archive.org/8/items/mbid-3506c48d-c4f7-4d20-9b9c-e30277811cce/mbid-3506c48d-c4f7-4d20-9b9c-e30277811cce-39727425356_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801801.us.archive.org/8/items/mbid-3506c48d-c4f7-4d20-9b9c-e30277811cce/mbid-3506c48d-c4f7-4d20-9b9c-e30277811cce-39727425356_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Restless", "track_id": "fd1daefc-5a44-4a7a-b17b-1e283a6416c5", "recording_id": "ad920c8a-37e8-4656-8f63-70224e0ddef8", "artist": "Gut Health", "artist_ids": [ "b177f934-2a62-4c56-9d90-50f42cf9d348" ], "album": "Stiletto", "release_id": "3506c48d-c4f7-4d20-9b9c-e30277811cce", "release_group_id": "1a5d478c-a57d-4852-99e1-ab5f898cd8e7", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2024-10-11", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Gut Health are a six-piece hypnotic dance-punk ensemble from Naarm / Melbourne.\n--\nAthina Uh Oh: \"If we go back, my granddad was an accountant but he collected a fuck-tonne of trumpets throughout his life and would play for hours out of passion. My grandmother was a conductor and played a few instruments. Dad therefore grew to love music, collecting records that I was able to put on as a child and playing it. \"\n\nEnjoy this 2022 interview with the band: https://gimmiezine.com/2022/10/01/gut-health/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437506, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437506/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:38:42-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600305.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34-38796403938_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600305.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34/mbid-6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34-38796403938_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Here’s the Thing", "track_id": "bc2bd084-c11e-468c-af05-ff0b526a85b4", "recording_id": "905caf9d-34bc-4e56-8f88-1374087090b8", "artist": "Fontaines D.C.", "artist_ids": [ "fd87acc7-e0a0-4a45-bc2a-d2ab5c10be68" ], "album": "Romance", "release_id": "6e0aa1d9-17ce-4423-87bc-4fec3d0b5f34", "release_group_id": "92b095c1-3bbf-456f-9425-2078ad4e9504", "labels": [ "XL Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "14221f01-8939-4ea0-b8f1-b5a21beae80a" ], "release_date": "2024-08-23", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Another album that made John's Top Ten list (#4). \n--\nFontaines D.C. will perform at The Showbox in Seattle on Thurday, April 17th, 2025.\n--\nThis song is accompanied by a video directed by Luna Carmoon that was inspired by supernatural teen-horror classics like The Lost Boys and Phenomena. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMhks08v0EU", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437505, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437505/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:33:57-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3437504, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437504/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:30:23-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600503.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-8eee09d5-930b-4c28-a899-c7e6ce784654/mbid-8eee09d5-930b-4c28-a899-c7e6ce784654-37057846438_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600503.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-8eee09d5-930b-4c28-a899-c7e6ce784654/mbid-8eee09d5-930b-4c28-a899-c7e6ce784654-37057846438_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Bend", "track_id": "712ccaa7-aff3-46cd-a562-684b468a8fa3", "recording_id": "a3c866d3-2b7d-476d-a0e1-16d037302aa0", "artist": "Middle Kids", "artist_ids": [ "2c02eece-9832-4850-9150-b0e269f65d8b" ], "album": "Faith Crisis Pt 1", "release_id": "8eee09d5-930b-4c28-a899-c7e6ce784654", "release_group_id": "3a638c34-072e-4cb8-b706-5e44ef8f0ca2", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2024-02-16", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Faith Crisis Pt 1\" is John's 2nd-favorite album of 2024.: https://www.kexp.org/read/2024/12/11/kexp-djs-top-albums-of-2024/\n--\nHannah Joy told us that this song is emotionally very hard to sing. Middle Kids performed \"Bend\" and three other songs Live on KEXP this past July! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS85ElP7nNA", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437503, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437503/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:25:43-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800203.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-a0ed9407-3a24-4f0e-9f64-d31f6be77f3c/mbid-a0ed9407-3a24-4f0e-9f64-d31f6be77f3c-38268510532_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800203.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-a0ed9407-3a24-4f0e-9f64-d31f6be77f3c/mbid-a0ed9407-3a24-4f0e-9f64-d31f6be77f3c-38268510532_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Everyday", "track_id": "090d38d9-61ee-4243-917b-931966fd56f9", "recording_id": "b4ad1954-3d27-4083-a4ea-9d83c4004edb", "artist": "Dave Matthews Band", "artist_ids": [ "07e748f1-075e-428d-85dc-ce3be434e906" ], "album": "Everyday", "release_id": "a0ed9407-3a24-4f0e-9f64-d31f6be77f3c", "release_group_id": "20d23000-8bc9-30da-b28a-3fc57f7b7b95", "labels": [ "RCA" ], "label_ids": [ "1ca5ed29-e00b-4ea5-b817-0bcca0e04946" ], "release_date": "2001-12-13", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The guitar part was borrowed from a song called \"#36,\" which Dave Matthews band had been playing live in some form since 1993 but never successfully recorded. \"#36\" can be found on the 1997 album \"Live At Red Rocks,\" recorded at a show in 1995.\n--\nVusi Mahlasela, a popular singer in Dave Matthews' native South Africa, sings on this track with Matthews. That's him at the beginning with the \"pick me up, love!\" line.\n--\nBoyd Tinsley's violin on this track was put through a wah-wah pedal to get a distinct sound.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437502, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437502/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:22:02-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia804500.us.archive.org/2/items/mbid-4176c578-cf44-39c4-b598-6e4c8bc53933/mbid-4176c578-cf44-39c4-b598-6e4c8bc53933-29684829799_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia904500.us.archive.org/2/items/mbid-4176c578-cf44-39c4-b598-6e4c8bc53933/mbid-4176c578-cf44-39c4-b598-6e4c8bc53933-29684829799_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Donna & Blitzen", "track_id": "6647f568-1d42-31d4-a098-3be842c671b5", "recording_id": "5fda6599-7d64-48c0-8045-442aeacec86b", "artist": "Badly Drawn Boy", "artist_ids": [ "0881daf1-20df-4a3e-a84f-6476a84bb172" ], "album": "About a Boy", "release_id": "4176c578-cf44-39c4-b598-6e4c8bc53933", "release_group_id": "e9391f11-fb53-3f46-94b9-20c95a08098e", "labels": [ "ARTISTdirect" ], "label_ids": [ "81c3f4cc-a9d1-46bc-be7c-84063a4ffa45" ], "release_date": "2002-04-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Good morning! Got a little request today for a Christmas song. Any chance you can play Badly Drawn Boy's \"Donna and Blitzen\"? It's off the About a Boy soundtrack, which is semi-required movie viewing. --Tom in Snohomish\n--\n\"In a parallel universe, namely one where taste prevails and Xmas songs can still be good, 'Donna and Blitzen' would be Xmas number one.\" Read a loving review of this single: https://drownedinsound.com/releases/5296/reviews/2800-", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437501, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437501/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:17:51-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803401.us.archive.org/32/items/mbid-813e482e-31cd-4287-a329-370924adce1d/mbid-813e482e-31cd-4287-a329-370924adce1d-39194904794_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia903401.us.archive.org/32/items/mbid-813e482e-31cd-4287-a329-370924adce1d/mbid-813e482e-31cd-4287-a329-370924adce1d-39194904794_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Save It for Later", "track_id": "eabbd0a9-9bff-4285-abcf-8be300bca8e7", "recording_id": "b5786b35-daa7-4963-86bc-4af707a4e1f4", "artist": "Eddie Vedder", "artist_ids": [ "1a60d6dd-9d3e-40fc-a66d-3184f9ee0d61" ], "album": "Save It for Later", "release_id": "813e482e-31cd-4287-a329-370924adce1d", "release_group_id": "5624b8e2-98ca-41de-a708-7ce74fdd08fd", "labels": [ "Republic Records" ], "label_ids": [ "e0ecd909-0477-485f-80dc-3c27ea4837ca" ], "release_date": "2024-06-27", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hi Morning Crew! My partner, aka Chickenman, had a rough week. If you have a chance to play Eddie Vedder's version of the English Beat's \"Save it for Later,\" could you give him a shout out? His name is Mike, but friends and family will know \"Chickenman.\" Thank you for the great week! ---Sierra in Seattle \n--\n\"Ed smashes his guitar\" during this Pearl Jam performance of \"Save It for Later\" in Tampa in 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFf0TvxGRSY\n--\nThe English Beat performed this incredible song live for KEXP listeners from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2010: https://tinyurl.com/2p9zpjta", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437500, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437500/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:13:08-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3437499, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437499/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:08:53-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803403.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-32a59c9c-2c2c-4f83-ae17-d2298df7d790/mbid-32a59c9c-2c2c-4f83-ae17-d2298df7d790-32911826323_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803403.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-32a59c9c-2c2c-4f83-ae17-d2298df7d790/mbid-32a59c9c-2c2c-4f83-ae17-d2298df7d790-32911826323_thumb250.jpg", "song": "You Push, I'll Go", "track_id": "552e1edd-3ca5-4c97-bdc4-873112ede919", "recording_id": "e5cf097d-b263-4451-bba3-4cfbdefef8c6", "artist": "Baby Dayliner feat. Alex Sanchez", "artist_ids": [ "f0572bd7-73cb-4f43-94b0-2e11309ed09b", "c33e8c3a-eea9-4916-95df-182d4652e0dd" ], "album": "You Push I'll Go", "release_id": "32a59c9c-2c2c-4f83-ae17-d2298df7d790", "release_group_id": "69e1ea75-d234-4df4-8cf3-ebba7aec9e9c", "labels": [ "Brassland" ], "label_ids": [ "a3bcb245-7437-4fcb-b495-d9df3e64095c" ], "release_date": "2017-07-07", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Matt Berninger of The National says of Ethan Marunas: \"What I like most about Baby Dayliner’s writing is that there's rarely any meanness in his songs; no forced posturing or aggressiveness; and they are loaded with empathy. He sings about flawed and vain characters but with genuine understanding and kindness. The music is catchy, smart, and weird — something beautiful and odd, that only he does. Baby Dayliner is something uncommon in pop music. He’s unique.\"\n--\n Do you know that you can go right here to purchase this beloved song?: https://babydayliner.bandcamp.com/album/you-push-ill-go", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437498, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437498/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:04:09-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801407.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-f65ff263-eaa5-4489-8339-53b47f1d7bbf/mbid-f65ff263-eaa5-4489-8339-53b47f1d7bbf-9750776919_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601407.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-f65ff263-eaa5-4489-8339-53b47f1d7bbf/mbid-f65ff263-eaa5-4489-8339-53b47f1d7bbf-9750776919_thumb250.jpg", "song": "You Get What You Give", "track_id": "5f1c8ca4-623f-3c50-83aa-6386698385b8", "recording_id": "8ea9f2d4-c255-4201-b3c1-815571da013a", "artist": "New Radicals", "artist_ids": [ "09a6ae88-7589-4ab2-b10c-dd50ebd526a0" ], "album": "Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too.", "release_id": "f65ff263-eaa5-4489-8339-53b47f1d7bbf", "release_group_id": "1ea5f71d-8996-38b7-9c3b-d064e53c80a2", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "1998-10-20", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Ahhh....the baby Friday song. Subscribe to \"The Runcast,\" hosted by runner (and, now, climber) John Richards: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/the-runcast/\n--\n \"Don't give up, you've got a reason to live...\" Here's the official music video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437497, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437497/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T08:00:47-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801408.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379-16257822584_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801408.us.archive.org/20/items/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379/mbid-dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379-16257822584_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Show Me", "track_id": "13866305-91fc-3361-b2b9-25a27d486103", "recording_id": "b042bf9e-7793-4a5c-890f-a7d60a965ddf", "artist": "Mint Royale feat. Posdnuos", "artist_ids": [ "dec629c1-c5b8-4fa1-9bb2-eaf979550f41", "57c44102-301c-43d0-91d6-66d71ffd5376" ], "album": "On the Ropes", "release_id": "dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379", "release_group_id": "e478cb69-8dbc-3e93-8141-00dba5935617", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "2001-12-13", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Ahhh....the Friday song. Today's the day! You have until 7:00 p.m. today to get in your votes for your top albums of the year: https://www.kexp.org/countdowns/best-of-2024/\n--\nFor inspiration, take a look at what our DJ's picked as their favorites: https://www.kexp.org/read/2024/12/11/kexp-djs-top-albums-of-2024/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437496, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437496/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T07:57:47-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3437495, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437495/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T07:52:47-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600504.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-0fe9089e-6b0a-4a73-9093-350d72e84be5/mbid-0fe9089e-6b0a-4a73-9093-350d72e84be5-16593607282_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800504.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-0fe9089e-6b0a-4a73-9093-350d72e84be5/mbid-0fe9089e-6b0a-4a73-9093-350d72e84be5-16593607282_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Graceland", "track_id": "b6ba4448-0c73-40d3-95aa-55bc60140066", "recording_id": "263798a5-ccb7-49d1-8478-da1d6f2b7c1e", "artist": "Paul Simon", "artist_ids": [ "05517043-ff78-4988-9c22-88c68588ebb9" ], "album": "Graceland", "release_id": "0fe9089e-6b0a-4a73-9093-350d72e84be5", "release_group_id": "19847822-1430-3380-9cf1-bc45545b34ac", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c595c289-47ce-4fba-b999-b87503e8cb71" ], "release_date": "1986-08-29", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“Graceland is my favorite record. My favorite song I ever wrote. This is it. This is the best I ever did.” ---Paul Simon.\n--\n\"Singer-songwriter Heidi Berg had come across the tape (“Accordion Jive Vol. II.”), a collection of South African pop bands, while cruising New York City in a friend’s car. It was mbaqanga, or ‘township jive,’ street music from Soweto, a poor black suburb on the outskirts of Johannesburg. She was enthralled by the sunny sounds of accordions, saxophones, jangly guitars and supercharged rhythms, and it quickly became her favorite music. She lent the cassette to Simon, on the condition that she could have it back in a week. It was, after all, her most treasured tape....\" Here's the intriguing story behind this album: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/paul-simons-graceland-10-things-you-didnt-know-105220/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437494, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437494/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T07:49:50-08:00", "show": 62088, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62088/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "You Are Not Alone", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Brandon Summers", "artist_ids": [ "60b04dcf-7434-4212-b774-c3ae4d39ef36" ], "album": "You Are Not Alone", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2020-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Brandon Summers wrote this during the pandemic: \"When I start a song off of a \"ditty\" I often think “what it this about” and let the question roll around in my mind for a day or two before I find some thread and start writing lyrics. I went to sleep after working on the song arrangement over a long day and in the morning I woke up repeating “you are not alone”, “you are not alone”… and then I realized. This is a song for John! So I penned this ode to cautious optimism in the midst of quarantine in your honor. I hope this tune can bring a little bit of happiness to your days. Thanks for soldiering on through all of this and bringing hope and comfort to so many people.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437493, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437493/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T07:45:05-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801606.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-539c942b-4eb8-40b7-bd05-f6d927fcb147/mbid-539c942b-4eb8-40b7-bd05-f6d927fcb147-8947007068_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801606.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-539c942b-4eb8-40b7-bd05-f6d927fcb147/mbid-539c942b-4eb8-40b7-bd05-f6d927fcb147-8947007068_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Trouble", "track_id": "a0e5bc90-263e-434c-aa85-7f931a2b09d0", "recording_id": "b1c2a179-70d8-4bc1-a326-1c153eb27540", "artist": "TV on the Radio", "artist_ids": [ "eb872766-98f6-453d-883f-2ae908a18315" ], "album": "Seeds", "release_id": "539c942b-4eb8-40b7-bd05-f6d927fcb147", "release_group_id": "dfd3e397-a8a9-4f71-a091-c9beb0df06e3", "labels": [ "Harvest", "CMG" ], "label_ids": [ "993af7f6-bb99-456b-83e7-5e728ea80a0e", "420bafe0-10be-424c-afff-197b2a071d17" ], "release_date": "2014-11-17", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Someone wrote: \"This is probably one of the most beautiful songs they have ever made. So under-appreciated...\"\n--\nWatch the wonderful video for this song, with Tunde Adebimpe encountering everyday people, listening, and doling out hugs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bunJBFtlt-I", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437492, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437492/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T07:41:16-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601309.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-da425314-ecc7-4db3-a296-90942f172b18/mbid-da425314-ecc7-4db3-a296-90942f172b18-28511522132_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801309.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-da425314-ecc7-4db3-a296-90942f172b18/mbid-da425314-ecc7-4db3-a296-90942f172b18-28511522132_thumb250.jpg", "song": "This Year", "track_id": "e7bb189f-8600-36d0-a922-19b812129d82", "recording_id": "cb28faa8-00f1-4dfc-b5fc-ceee8114992f", "artist": "The Mountain Goats", "artist_ids": [ "9639cd52-c351-4a17-9797-58880e95a7ef" ], "album": "The Sunset Tree", "release_id": "da425314-ecc7-4db3-a296-90942f172b18", "release_group_id": "7797081a-94b6-3a9b-b103-fc215b85d46a", "labels": [ "4AD" ], "label_ids": [ "a539bb1e-f2e1-4b45-9db8-8053841e7503" ], "release_date": "2005-04-25", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "John Darnielle: \"This is a song about how sometimes you are living in a house and you’re in high school and your stepfather is abusing your mother and you, and it really sucks. You have to take a lot of drugs to deal with that, right, but you don’t have to, I should say. But you probably do. And when you do, they make you feel marginally better but the main thing that makes you feel better is the company of other people who are as damaged as you are or will shortly become as damaged as you are, and you can sense it, because there is an internal sensor if you bear some damage, you have this sensor that says ‘That person is either damaged or is getting there, and I think I will hang out with her until things get a little brighter.’ I play this for a lovely person who wore a cape to school.\" : https://goatsreviews.medium.com/repeat-stuff-74b3c192ace7\n--\nWatch Stephen Colbert join The Mountain Goats for a performance of \"This Year\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=T_qkVPZ8DJI", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3437491, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3437491/?format=api", "airdate": "2024-12-13T07:37:50-08:00", "show": 62096, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/62096/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" } ] }{ "next": "