Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=16000&ordering=-airdate
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While some think this song is nodding to the, at the time, recent independence of Mozambique, there’s no evidence or acknowledgement from Dylan about its meaning, but that doesn’t stop Dylan scholars from trying to understand the mysterious songwriter.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544146, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544146/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:34:58-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/cfbc501c-6f41-4618-8bb1-90bb8ebd936f/2065403356-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/cfbc501c-6f41-4618-8bb1-90bb8ebd936f/2065403356-250.jpg", "song": "Stuck in the Middle With You", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "6d934feb-2ed3-4516-9bef-ff53eb7fe4b1", "artist": "Stealers Wheel", "artist_ids": [ "63200203-e2c6-4081-8e0d-00c9732c6b6f" ], "album": "Stealers Wheel", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "5300d93f-8c4e-3a24-ac0f-d2a72fa7489f", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In 1992 director Quentin Tarantino used \"Stuck in the Middle With You\" in the soundtrack of his debut film Reservoir Dogs, in the infamous Michael Madsen ear-cutting scene, bringing new attention to the song.\n\nAccording to rumor, the Scottish rock band Stealers Wheel wrote Stuck in the Middle as a parody of Dylan’s vocal delivery and absurd, sometimes paranoiac imagery. Much to the band’s chagrin, the song caught on (probably because everybody — including Dylan — assumed this was a new Bob Dylan tune) becoming the band’s biggest (read: only) hit. - https://bit.ly/34d36LN", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544145, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544145/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:30:54-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6c169002-f982-4df4-b695-10964f45f549/6539654788-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6c169002-f982-4df4-b695-10964f45f549/6539654788-250.jpg", "song": "I Can Help", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "06d3ae2c-2844-4f4e-9fa2-c03227c9d5e5", "artist": "Billy Swan", "artist_ids": [ "fa1a5b71-965b-4f4f-bc93-d7920889e335" ], "album": "I Can Help", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "588303e2-feb9-3055-9e58-2b881625bcce", "labels": [ "Monument" ], 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"https://coverartarchive.org/release/8afc29f6-5af0-350f-9c0d-5a6bf44db7ad/6563532333-250.jpg", "song": "The Cover of the Rolling Stone", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0b96f081-7602-4176-9c61-f8822c2866af", "artist": "Dr. Hook", "artist_ids": [ "1c893468-37a9-4fb7-909f-929751a8ebed" ], "album": "Sloppy Seconds", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "cdc3c81d-a114-3a26-b400-289f2411b73d", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Written by cartoonist, veteran, and author Shel Silverstein, the band eventually…sort of…got their wish to be on the cover of the legendary magazine, when the publishers featured caricatures of some of the band later the same year.\nhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/1973-rolling-stone-covers-208781/rs131-dr-hook-the-medicine-show-whats-their-2-141151/\n\nThis song live in 1980 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The original location was a mystic temple in Peru.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544140, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544140/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:14:31-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2bcbc91f-c282-3ca0-a81f-d47c11be46a3/4267560155-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2bcbc91f-c282-3ca0-a81f-d47c11be46a3/4267560155-250.jpg", "song": "No Matter What", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "829059bd-c9a6-410a-9b88-1ab787fa6955", "artist": "Badfinger", "artist_ids": [ "44632683-c340-44de-a65d-328212559f91" ], "album": "No Dice", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7c049c8c-0581-34ea-9c77-9aafd83d1ec4", "labels": [ "Apple Records" ], "label_ids": [ "cf7fc5cf-e011-4ef4-b511-cd0188537910" ], "release_date": "1970-11-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Welsh band were signed to The Beatles’ label and this song was produced by the fab four’s road manager Mal Evans who had spotted them playing around London clubs. Sadly, their manager Stan Polley mismanaged their legal and financial situation, which led to a lot of trouble for the band after Apple Records folded in 1973, leading to lead guitarist Pete Ham's suicide in 1975.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544139, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544139/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:11:52-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/85455e7b-953e-404c-a8f9-061d71fc4aba/15870976012-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/85455e7b-953e-404c-a8f9-061d71fc4aba/15870976012-250.jpg", "song": "In the Street", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "930cb068-c06f-44ea-97df-c60723ebd8df", "artist": "Big Star", "artist_ids": [ "21d177ba-3d51-461e-9b3f-ad9a80b419dc" ], "album": "#1 Record", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "18ec10a7-864f-3f1b-8d68-5cb622165b20", "labels": [ "Ardent Records" ], "label_ids": [ "6a513082-581f-4f29-a972-b6fb33355cf2" ], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song went on to find a new audience when it was re-recorded by Cheap Trick to be the theme song for “That 70s show.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544138, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544138/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:07:44-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7b051a24-2e96-4e7f-8a13-23fa1df3c4d8/37078825900-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7b051a24-2e96-4e7f-8a13-23fa1df3c4d8/37078825900-250.jpg", "song": "Fox on the Run", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "16f261e6-57a7-4f9e-8801-12c8645b9edd", "artist": "Sweet", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Desolation Boulevard", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "82993041-b4e7-3d33-aa84-cdd20461da53", "labels": [ "Capitol" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1974-11-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Rumored to be about one of the British band’s female admirers.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544153, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544153/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:03:31-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/82f36f8a-cbc6-425b-8f45-2ecb4381cccc/21238810502-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/82f36f8a-cbc6-425b-8f45-2ecb4381cccc/21238810502-250.jpg", "song": "Foot Stompin’ Music", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "3e44fa13-c946-4762-8f76-03437c93bd46", "artist": "Grand Funk Railroad", "artist_ids": [ "103241b0-6adf-4b4f-9cff-5c87459f61a4" ], "album": "E Pluribus Funk", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ccf60b32-82a7-37cc-b4cb-33d34fc5c7c9", "labels": [ "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1971-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Flint, Michigan band’s name was a nod to the Western Railroad company Grand Trunk Western Railroad.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3544137, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3544137/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-24T09:00:15-07:00", "show": 64375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/05a72f6b-68d1-4c28-8e1d-31b7405eebb6/36138067488-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/05a72f6b-68d1-4c28-8e1d-31b7405eebb6/36138067488-250.jpg", "song": "Rock On", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "David Essex", "artist_ids": [ "822e180a-061a-4da0-a1f3-35e8bdf5f240" ], "album": "Rock On", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "dc5a0dcf-c21f-3f17-ae77-028bbe389211", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1973-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Legendary session musician Herbie Flowers came up with the double tracked bass line that was similar to his work on Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side. 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