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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=21720&ordering=-airdate
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Robert Plant had the record in his collection.\n--\nJohn Bonham’s iconic drum sound on the Led Zeppelin version of “When the Levee Breaks” was achieved by placing his drums in the stairwell of Headley Grange, a Victorian house in Hampshire, England. Ribbon mics were hung above him. 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It was inspired by the damaging behavior of Björk’s brother, whom she tells to stand up and to regain control of his life. \n--\nThe drums were sampled from the intro on Led Zepppelin’s 1971 song “When the Levee Breaks.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633530, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633530/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:58:57-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad-43938310158_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad/mbid-129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad-43938310158_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Human Behaviour", "track_id": "3fdea809-17d0-32c9-b6b8-2bac2dfc1fb2", "recording_id": "ffb680e8-d587-4f37-88b9-2b330fbf5014", "artist": "Björk", "artist_ids": [ "87c5dedd-371d-4a53-9f7f-80522fb7f3cb" ], "album": "Debut", "release_id": "129a9696-1620-3d40-8ba1-7deb3f7ccfad", "release_group_id": "6891a28c-5865-36e2-9e5f-c9fac1d3595f", "labels": [ "Elektra Entertainment" ], "label_ids": [ "745f3292-03fe-44b5-babe-bc7eaa46a15d" ], "release_date": "1993-07-13", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“Human Behaviour” samples The Ray Brown Orchestra’s 1970 track “Go Down Dying”. This track was part of Quincy Jones’ soundtrack to the 1970 Charles Aznavour/Candice Bergen film The Adventurers.\n---\n\nBjörk reveals, \"'Human Behaviour' is an animal's point of view on humans. \"I told him (Michel Gondry the video's director), 'I want a bear and textures like handmade wood and leaves and earth, and I want it to seem like animation.' Then I backed out.\" \n\nWatch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0mRIhK9seg", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633531, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633531/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:54:45-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3633529, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633529/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:49:13-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/4c5f42cf-2189-49ca-b727-d4932ac71182/41970810262-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/4c5f42cf-2189-49ca-b727-d4932ac71182/41970810262-250.jpg", "song": "Go Down Dying", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8b6acaa9-13f0-41c4-b5e2-16e9a8a929a1", "artist": "Ray Brown's Orchestra", "artist_ids": [ "bdf193b6-ddf2-49d6-a7b4-4b2147c48102" ], "album": "The Adventurers", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "5210d4e2-aa80-41fd-98b9-0aac9589d953", "labels": [ "Varèse Sarabande" ], "label_ids": [ "44f4d815-bf54-4f56-b704-72a196c6bd58" ], "release_date": "1970-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Go Down Dying\" is a song composed by Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim. This song was arranged and produced by Quincy Jones.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633528, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633528/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:44:16-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/9548efdb-4208-473c-976f-1e06e2106f7b/16220903845-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/9548efdb-4208-473c-976f-1e06e2106f7b/16220903845-250.jpg", "song": "Money Is", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Quincy Jones, Little Richard", "artist_ids": [], "album": "$ (Music From the Original Motion Picture Sound Track)", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a227c354-705e-31ab-8da9-4fc9962c0d09", "labels": [ "Reprise Records" ], "label_ids": [ "af6d6f49-2b4d-40fe-86d4-241906772b59" ], "release_date": "1972-03-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From the Dollars soundtrack—featured in the 1971 movie of the same name—”Money Is” was written by Quincy Jones and performed by Little Richard. The movie, which featured actors Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn, also included music from other artists like Roberta Flack. The soundtrack, released in 1972, included the single “Money Runner” and “Money Is,” sung by Richard, was the B-side.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633527, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633527/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:42:27-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/daa0f4ac-bed9-491b-b63b-05c038ccc02f/19299237907-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/daa0f4ac-bed9-491b-b63b-05c038ccc02f/19299237907-250.jpg", "song": "Money (That's What I Want)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "e95cf84b-f647-4a27-a806-03fdd7175eda", "artist": "Little Richard", "artist_ids": [ "95c2339b-8277-49a6-9aaf-08d8eeeaa0be" ], "album": "The Explosive Little Richard", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "80e16e42-74db-4bfe-a2cd-fcf1959e5d15", "labels": [ "OKeh" ], "label_ids": [ "968ea5bb-1662-4bcd-beea-9a97ba8b30ca" ], "release_date": "1967-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Tamla Records founder Berry Gordy wrote this one along with Janie Bradford.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633526, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633526/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:38:43-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Green Power", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "fb4f47aa-3b12-4bef-a89d-f2c3c15f9b59", "artist": "Little Richard", "artist_ids": [ "95c2339b-8277-49a6-9aaf-08d8eeeaa0be" ], "album": "King of Rock and Roll", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b46e657e-1c9d-41f3-9fd9-1b9b77a03b0a", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. 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Barnum – a former child actor who became a songwriter, arranger and producer.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633525, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633525/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:36:40-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5130f265-14c9-48dc-9f8c-87b54e219540/14476597817-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5130f265-14c9-48dc-9f8c-87b54e219540/14476597817-250.jpg", "song": "Ooh! 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My Soul” was a Little Richard original, credited to his real songwriting name of Richard Penniman. \n---\n“It is almost impossible to overestimate the importance of Little Richard as a formative influence on Jim Hendrix,” notes Charles Murray. “On his arrival in England, Hendrix told interviewers, ‘I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice…’\n--\nJimi Henrix played in Little Richard's band in 1965, but was kicked out.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633523, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633523/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:23:26-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710606.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-377565ea-0837-48df-996a-7b446093eb0e/mbid-377565ea-0837-48df-996a-7b446093eb0e-41221512764_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710606.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-377565ea-0837-48df-996a-7b446093eb0e/mbid-377565ea-0837-48df-996a-7b446093eb0e-41221512764_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Machine Gun", "track_id": "eb849a20-026f-35a3-80ed-464d94bf703d", "recording_id": "10b2f207-2bfb-454f-81bd-9b503959c374", "artist": "Jimi Hendrix", "artist_ids": [ "06fb1c8b-566e-4cb2-985b-b467c90781d4" ], "album": "Live at the Fillmore East", "release_id": "54b68e60-4431-444d-b32c-0204c1cedebd", "release_group_id": "5d8b1b17-ddd8-3fad-9c69-28401da19d44", "labels": [ "Experience Hendrix" ], "label_ids": [ "5677c51a-a6d3-4ce6-abab-d9699c46f5f4" ], "release_date": "1999-02-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Did you know that Jimi Hendrix was the lead guitarist for The Isley Brothers from 1963 to 1965? In this interview, Ernie and Ron Isley talk about discovering a young guitarist named Jimi Hendrix.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvATqTKI3Uc\n--\nThe musical composition of the song was very complex and exemplified Jimi’s exquisite use of guitar effects such as the wah-wah pedal, Uni-Vibe pedal, Octavia pedal, audio feedback, and distortion effects. Jimi masterfully synthesized these musical components to mimic the sounds of a battlefield during his guitar solos, including helicopters, bombs dropping, attack aircraft, explosions, machine guns, and the screams and cries of soldiers.\n--\nRenowned musicologist and guitarist Andy Aledort labeled “Machine Gun” as the pinnacle of Hendrix’s career, describing the track as:\n\"the premiere example of [his] unparalleled genius as a rock guitarist…In this performance, Jimi transcended the medium of rock music, and set an entirely new standard for the potential of electric guitar.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633524, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633524/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:17:56-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3633522, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633522/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:10:37-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6d6bff83-e556-4bfc-9403-3ca9b7bab352/31592476616-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/6d6bff83-e556-4bfc-9403-3ca9b7bab352/31592476616-250.jpg", "song": "Ohio/Machine Gun", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "5320fd32-b8ab-40bc-862f-b63d40522159", "artist": "The Isley Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "4a76400d-283f-492e-9754-18ef41755f81" ], "album": "Givin’ It Back", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e468a699-3a6e-3e89-8627-316b85030c07", "labels": [ "T-Neck" ], "label_ids": [ "3d1c2ffa-cfc1-4a55-a27e-d7045cf5adee" ], "release_date": "1971-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Neil Young responded to the Kent State shooting in 1970 by writing this song immediately. CSN & Y recorded the song at the Record Plant in Los Angeles on May 21, 1970. For maximum impact, the record was quickly mixed and mastered and was released within weeks of the Kent State tragedy. \nYoung later said that what happened at Kent State was “probably the biggest lesson ever learned at an American place of learning.”\n--\nThe following year the Isley Brothers included “Ohio” on their album Givin’ It Back. The Isleys version was taken at a slower, more ominous pace than the original, opening with a funereal drumbeat and featuring the intense guitar work of Ernie Isley. Their passion is evident as they put their own stamp on Young’s powerful anthem.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633521, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633521/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:08:25-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/92e28605-a79c-4ccd-ab56-25d0dd2634ff/32756399663-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/92e28605-a79c-4ccd-ab56-25d0dd2634ff/32756399663-250.jpg", "song": "Footsteps in the Dark, Parts 1 & 2", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0ed93a49-91d1-48b5-95ce-6dcd97e779ed", "artist": "The Isley Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "4a76400d-283f-492e-9754-18ef41755f81" ], "album": "Go for Your Guns", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "aa83e235-4f34-3903-9466-62df43829cb5", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1977-04-16", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "That's Ron Isley on lead vocals here and that terrific guitar playing is by Ernie Isley, who not only played guitar but also played drums and wrote the lyrics to \"Footsteps in the Dark\". \n--\nThis song was, of course, heavily sampled by Ice Cube for \"It Was a Good Day.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633519, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633519/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T14:03:35-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "\"Just wakin' up in the mornin', gotta thank God\nI don't know, but today seems kinda odd\nNo barkin' from the dog, no smog...\"\n\nYou, too, can sing along with Larry and Eva: https://genius.com/Ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3633518, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633518/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T13:57:11-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2af08ced-7eab-459d-a1d7-26d890c5292f/42305629707-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2af08ced-7eab-459d-a1d7-26d890c5292f/42305629707-250.jpg", "song": "It Was a Good Day (remix)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "20ae3eff-5156-4707-8843-44c5c35069c2", "artist": "Ice Cube", "artist_ids": [ "1d11e2a1-4531-4d61-a8c7-7b5c6a608fd2" ], "album": "Bootlegs & B‐Sides", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2fab7caf-95db-398d-b62a-bb6389aa7dbb", "labels": [ "Priority Records" ], "label_ids": [ "ce7a2977-c7dd-4695-97e0-5e72572bf0d3" ], "release_date": "1994-11-22", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hear it? 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Indeed, Pops Staples had to be persuaded to sing his part. His daughter Mavis recalled in 2016: \"In the studio, Curtis said, 'Pops, this is your part…' And it was (sings) 'I like you lady. So fine with your pretty hair.' And Pops said, 'Curtis, man, I'm not gonna sing that. I'm a church man.' And Curtis said, 'Oh Pops, the Lord won't mind.'\n\nMe and my sisters wanted to hear our voices on the big screen, so we kept at him and said, 'Daddy, it's just a movie score, you're not leaving the church…' And we finally got him to do it.\"\n--\nDid you know that this song has been sampled nearly 50 times?", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3633517, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633517/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T13:49:50-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3633515, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3633515/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-25T13:41:07-07:00", "show": 66277, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66277/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0dbac03b-32d8-4c58-82a0-e3f328452499/37217818303-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0dbac03b-32d8-4c58-82a0-e3f328452499/37217818303-250.jpg", "song": "The Weight", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ef4fa205-e0c6-4191-b033-7839c31a939d", "artist": "The Band, The Staples Singers", "artist_ids": [], "album": "The Last Waltz", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Warner Bros. 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