Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=21600&ordering=-airdate
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"rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Harvey Fuqua, leader of the Moonglows and later a Motown staffer and brother in law of Berry Gordy, rediscovered Sylvester and signed him to Fantasy records in 1977.\n\nThese rock and roll hall of fame inductees were a doo-wop vocal group that were one of the pioneering acts of rock and roll. “Sincerely” went to #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and #20 on the Billboard Juke Box chart.\n\nWatch the Moonglows perform “Sincerely,” live here: https://youtu.be/GbZhu8s7bEM", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633716, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633716/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-26T02:34:36-07:00", "show": 66281, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66281/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/cd1cf00b-3347-4cd5-b91b-2907a8065e2e/21467094048-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": 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"is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This 1990 Kerri Chandler production features looped vocals from Sylvester's version of \"Over and Over\".", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633713, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633713/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-26T02:20:11-07:00", "show": 66281, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66281/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f59259a1-e7ce-4a7a-a16c-624645a92dee/24579464432-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f59259a1-e7ce-4a7a-a16c-624645a92dee/24579464432-250.jpg", "song": "Over and Over", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "5267b085-0036-480d-a90f-e87eee9e246a", "artist": "Sylvester", "artist_ids": [ "4d3b710b-a5f0-4772-97db-f09e47fbc6d8" ], "album": "Sylvester", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "4f33a417-48d3-4e1b-b5d7-f0e69bf85729", "labels": [ "Fantasy" ], "label_ids": [ 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Oddly enough, the b-side “Down, Down, Down” was actually the first single from the self-titled Sylvester album while the second, “Over and Over” failed to chart.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633712, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633712/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-26T02:15:00-07:00", "show": 66281, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66281/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/4e0b69d2-4e03-4f98-997a-7c1f576e0d65/31765274119-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/4e0b69d2-4e03-4f98-997a-7c1f576e0d65/31765274119-250.jpg", "song": "Over and Over", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "deeb8597-d98e-48aa-8427-4011b68aa140", "artist": "Ashford & Simpson", "artist_ids": [ "403bec82-50c4-47fe-a8be-1882a5a43d82" ], "album": "So So Satisfied", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7a9c986e-f98f-4fbb-80d2-609408bf9234", "labels": [ "Big Break Records" ], "label_ids": [ 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