Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=31360&ordering=-airdate
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In 2017, his Ghanaian funk anthem \"Come Along,\" was popular among DJs.\n\nFor my brother Sean!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3617111, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3617111/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-13T20:44:52-08:00", "show": 65925, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65925/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800206.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f381ed86-b743-4fd0-9a79-fd892b019017/mbid-f381ed86-b743-4fd0-9a79-fd892b019017-8855759588_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800206.us.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f381ed86-b743-4fd0-9a79-fd892b019017/mbid-f381ed86-b743-4fd0-9a79-fd892b019017-8855759588_thumb250.jpg", "song": "African Woman", "track_id": "3869dd23-c981-3d8d-a2f1-fe5b2d6d9873", "recording_id": "e1d5e980-0017-44d5-ac66-047e53200205", "artist": "Ebo Taylor", "artist_ids": [ "8b034085-b06d-4c42-9be3-d709be169d79" ], "album": "Love and Death", "release_id": "f381ed86-b743-4fd0-9a79-fd892b019017", 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