Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=1660&ordering=-airdate
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Dariush’s commitment to echoing the plight of his people and his country has resulted in the creation of a bewildering repertoire. Lauded by fans and critics as an iconic performer, Dariush has also been praised as a compassionate and committed activist.\"\n\nRead more here: https://dariush2000.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603961, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603961/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T19:12:52-08:00", "show": 65643, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65643/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Khosro", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "6a4fa5e5-b998-4428-bf95-c42022cd0ebb", "artist": "محمدرضا شجريان", "artist_ids": [ "1e6c8164-a1a1-457f-9c39-efbef12942c6" ], "album": "Khosro", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "dcfef00a-f9da-400b-be20-90ac955a8a57", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2020-10-27", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Mohammad Reza Shajarian, born in Mashhad, Iran\n\nhttps://mohammadrezashajarian.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603959, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603959/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T19:07:45-08:00", "show": 65643, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65643/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800204.us.archive.org/9/items/mbid-063c143b-2004-4219-acba-89d633113d40/mbid-063c143b-2004-4219-acba-89d633113d40-10228207433_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800204.us.archive.org/9/items/mbid-063c143b-2004-4219-acba-89d633113d40/mbid-063c143b-2004-4219-acba-89d633113d40-10228207433_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Do Ta Chesmoon", "track_id": "12027a00-8d9a-4bbd-aa1b-eeed2e99c6d0", "recording_id": "4059ad5c-84ec-4641-a3ac-8a2ae084328a", "artist": "Mahasti", "artist_ids": [ "e0668079-2dea-4449-8d6c-5158567de8e0" ], "album": "Khana Khana: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation", "release_id": "063c143b-2004-4219-acba-89d633113d40", "release_group_id": "35c7406f-2345-4570-8802-7cbfaaa4b99d", "labels": [ "Pharaway Sounds" ], "label_ids": [ "5586b10f-a9a2-431f-b810-003f900b9bb5" ], "release_date": "2012-10-08", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Mahasti (born Eftekhar Dadehbala in Tehran, Iran)\n\nMahasti is also the name of a 12th century Persian female poet.\n\nHear more from Mahasti here: https://tinyurl.com/2v98j6tz", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603958, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603958/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T19:06:30-08:00", "show": 65643, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65643/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603957, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603957/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T19:03:06-08:00", "show": 65643, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65643/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "man amadeh man", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Googoosh", "artist_ids": [ "0d9b88f3-054a-4f53-b447-2f3f503c8290" ], "album": "40 Golden Hits of Googoosh", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "13df805d-3ca7-4ff1-ac29-03684c8a59f5", "labels": [ "Taraneh Enterprises Inc" ], "label_ids": [ "8a49a18c-0cc6-4e44-a5a4-b5b3e97969be" ], "release_date": "2008-06-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Googoosh (born Faegheh Atashin in Tehran, Iran)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603956, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603956/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:54:41-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Nema", "track_id": "7d8b4cc8-b015-4e0a-a0af-fb7cd117bf8c", "recording_id": "a12e47dc-f6bd-4a92-9986-de5057d4aca2", "artist": "Orchestra Gold", "artist_ids": [ "59943af3-62dc-49e1-a2f9-dbb481600c20" ], "album": "Dakan", "release_id": "be59acbb-8684-4d9c-ab7d-d2947152e931", "release_group_id": "82c61ff3-9719-44a8-8e68-f36ec6517497", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2025-10-16", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Orchestra Gold’s vibrant sound is spearheaded by the dynamic Mariam Diakite, whose raw, hypnotic vocals deliver heartfelt and thought-provoking lyrics in the highly symbolic Bambara language. While paying homage to Malian musical traditions, this fierce new sound thrives with heavy swinging rhythms, a funky fresh brass section, and cosmic guitar licks. \n\nhttps://www.orchestragold.com/\nhttps://orchestragold.bandcamp.com/album/dakan-destiny", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603955, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603955/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:45:54-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Struggle with the Beast", "track_id": "fccd3a97-da9d-4f72-a291-0e884eec2c80", "recording_id": "42bed944-e781-4447-82df-8cae4918dd94", "artist": "Anna von Hausswolff", "artist_ids": [ "6bd920ac-3b7c-47e0-8f0f-c390f63f5112" ], "album": "Iconoclasts", "release_id": "71cd78e6-1ef8-439b-a16b-60015f9428f6", "release_group_id": "0a1c27b4-7490-42d9-9cd0-ed65ec47ed9a", "labels": [ "YEAR0001" ], "label_ids": [ "f722d3e7-56d1-46a2-a51f-8ca43cc6e26b" ], "release_date": "2025-10-31", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Swedish musician Anna von Hausswolff will be at the Brick & Mortar in SF on March 16th and 17th, 2026.\n--\nOn \"Struggle with Beast\" Anna von Hausswolff says: \"I wrote this song after a close friend experienced a psychosis. There was something unstoppable and completely disconnected about her, as if she were living and reigning in a parallel universe of some kind. She was so far away from the person I knew, as if all of her social barriers had completely dissolved. There was a new, weird brilliance to her way of communicating and being...\"\n--\nThe song features Otis Sandsjö on saxophone.\n\nhttps://www.annavonhausswolff.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603954, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603954/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:45:41-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603952, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603952/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:40:02-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Glorified G", "track_id": "e4b1094b-18ae-375f-97e7-ae7b65839b4c", "recording_id": "5c996b78-ba8f-4307-bcde-492ff873970e", "artist": "Pearl Jam", "artist_ids": [ "83b9cbe7-9857-49e2-ab8e-b57b01038103" ], "album": "Vs.", "release_id": "7244f710-6090-43a2-a4e0-772623d71cf5", "release_group_id": "50ac60c4-fb35-37f8-a065-222996ea139c", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1993-10-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Glorified G\" was written about gun culture in America, and came out of a comment that drummer Dave Abbruzzese made during a jam session about recently purchasing \"glorified versions of pellet guns\".\nhttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/pearl-jam/glorified-g", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603951, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603951/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:36:11-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Punk Rocky", "track_id": "2e3fc429-e1aa-496d-b115-a54662082bc8", "recording_id": "4f120766-a704-4abe-a643-a48f52e9fa34", "artist": "A$AP Rocky", "artist_ids": [ "25b7b584-d952-4662-a8b9-dd8cdfbfeb64" ], "album": "Punk Rocky", "release_id": "a62f293a-6066-4249-b263-682484f77542", "release_group_id": "8a115047-6cd8-4738-9091-7d9a436d4471", "labels": [ "RCA", "A$AP Worldwide" ], "label_ids": [ "1ca5ed29-e00b-4ea5-b817-0bcca0e04946", "b8093516-df1e-487c-9966-72265f63805f" ], "release_date": "2026-01-05", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New music from A$AP Rocky!\n\nCheck out the Official Music Video for \"Punk Rocky\" here, enjoy:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCp0BmcFPQ8&list=RDlCp0BmcFPQ8&start_radio=1", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603950, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603950/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:32:11-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Afterthought", "track_id": "6f18e41a-6f8f-46c5-8c61-c55afebd4f97", "recording_id": "571cf5ba-695a-4b9d-a22b-b2361603faee", "artist": "Tame Impala", "artist_ids": [ "63aa26c3-d59b-4da4-84ac-716b54f1ef4d" ], "album": "Deadbeat", "release_id": "e0cb9499-9a55-4384-8d4b-bf49bf560945", "release_group_id": "3ee3e2bb-2584-4f74-ba06-cdecc370a1ba", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "2025-10-17", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Groovy new fifth album from Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker.\n\nhttps://www.tameimpala.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603949, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603949/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:28:29-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Afterlife", "track_id": "73f4b5db-357e-4f9c-acd2-6120bdebec7f", "recording_id": "80e29557-c946-4d48-9937-4a1e08fc2075", "artist": "Nate08 feat. 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He \"treads the hallowed, groove-driven spaces of Funk, RnB, and House - bridging the soul of classic records with fresh, 21st-century dance-floor energy and unmistakable warmth\"\n\nTWENTY SEVEN is his second album.\n\nhttps://nate08music.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-seven", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603948, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603948/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:20:46-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802809.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-d2d85bc2-3ec0-4a1c-bf37-2b9a58f2d5ce/mbid-d2d85bc2-3ec0-4a1c-bf37-2b9a58f2d5ce-21129597655_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802809.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-d2d85bc2-3ec0-4a1c-bf37-2b9a58f2d5ce/mbid-d2d85bc2-3ec0-4a1c-bf37-2b9a58f2d5ce-21129597655_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Dripping Sun", "track_id": "6f84ab45-1258-4900-b3c1-35ba634b6047", "recording_id": "b23455e0-7c40-4aa4-8522-0ffaa59d79b5", "artist": "Kikagaku Moyo", "artist_ids": [ "3a605eba-b6a1-4298-855d-b3033df0bf8b" ], "album": "Masana Temples", "release_id": "d2d85bc2-3ec0-4a1c-bf37-2b9a58f2d5ce", "release_group_id": "fe815acc-e833-46e1-a995-6d0a2a62dc80", "labels": [ "Guruguru Brain" ], "label_ids": [ "de0ecc1e-519d-40fe-8a29-b07035d9462e" ], "release_date": "2018-10-05", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Watch Kikagaku Moyo Live on KEXP during their 2018 session here: https://youtu.be/M8y3nM6tEqw.\n\nKikagaku Moyo (幾何学模様) were a Japanese psychedelic band founded in Tokyo. The band's name translates to \"geometric patterns\".\n\nhttps://kikagakumoyoggb.bandcamp.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603947, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603947/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:18:08-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3603945, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603945/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:14:57-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Drag", "track_id": "1ae019de-6789-493d-b329-36d3dda84987", "recording_id": "50bb6567-e564-46ce-b75f-bfd169503d91", "artist": "Yumi Zouma", "artist_ids": [ "6e3252a1-397d-4bf8-b2b7-d16f7fbcb3dd" ], "album": "No Love Lost to Kindness", "release_id": "0c68616f-ac01-40ec-bffc-bf13a2b04b62", "release_group_id": "e09ca280-8be0-4c18-a816-026e17c7383d", "labels": [ "Nettwerk" ], "label_ids": [ "8aa0e885-1cbb-474d-9b74-ae8446989417" ], "release_date": "2026-01-30", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Out of Christchurch, New Zealand, Yumi Zouma will be here on tour next spring: \n\n-Seattle at Neumos on Wednesday, May 13th. \n\n-SF's at the Independent on Saturday, May 16th. \n\n\"Drag\" is one of five singles released so far in advance of the album, No Love Lost to Kindness. It will be out in full on January 30th! \n\nhttps://yumizouma.bandcamp.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603944, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603944/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:10:22-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Deadweight", "track_id": "ad12faa2-53dc-3beb-9239-fa8c7f015c9c", "recording_id": "f503d3cd-db5a-47ad-af12-a5dae911d4e1", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Odelay", "release_id": "8bfe1eff-ca59-4785-bfc7-492ebab66192", "release_group_id": "f2466d20-9a29-3baa-bfac-c245410e925f", "labels": [ "Geffen Records" ], "label_ids": [ "0fadc2ce-f7de-4e27-bbe6-612b317e716b" ], "release_date": "2008-01-29", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck's \"Deadweight\" samples Iron Butterfly, Louis Jordan and Grand Funk Railroad. It was released on the soundtrack to 'A Life Less Ordinary' at the end of 1997. -- https://bit.ly/3rQW2wg \n\nEnjoy this video: https://youtu.be/vptfm9D6owo", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603943, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603943/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T18:05:54-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "The Happy Dictator", "track_id": "266d816c-27b8-4136-a726-e269b0c6fa67", "recording_id": "0ade740b-ae0b-4916-8454-3995442ba385", "artist": "Gorillaz feat. 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Forté was best known for his contributions to the Fugees’ breakthrough album “The Score.”\n____\n\nWyclef was the first member of the Fugees to embark on a solo career. \nThis track features five samples: \"Stayin' Alive\" by the Bee Gees, \"Four Play\" by Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns, \"Trans-Europe Express\" by Kraftwerk, \"Let Me Clear My Throat\" by DJ Kool, and \"Top Billin'\" by Audio Two.\n\nhttps://www.wyclef.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3603941, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3603941/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-13T17:58:35-08:00", "show": 65642, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65642/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801401.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-01882f08-0c82-4ecb-8a3f-471e2f61ef52/mbid-01882f08-0c82-4ecb-8a3f-471e2f61ef52-1815601406_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801401.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-01882f08-0c82-4ecb-8a3f-471e2f61ef52/mbid-01882f08-0c82-4ecb-8a3f-471e2f61ef52-1815601406_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Zealots", "track_id": "36509f22-b760-319a-89d0-28dcb95f5d82", "recording_id": "b8341c06-4800-49b3-8e93-1cd4c9351009", "artist": "Fugees", "artist_ids": [ "ea321799-9b1d-4e74-a074-a5facf597d82" ], "album": "The Score", "release_id": "01882f08-0c82-4ecb-8a3f-471e2f61ef52", "release_group_id": "dd2203dd-a149-316b-ad7f-a303dc4fc459", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1996-04-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "RIP John Forté, who died today at age 50. 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