Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=31660&ordering=-airdate
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Smith, bassist Tom \"T-Bone\" Wolk, drummer Mickey Curry, and saxophonist/keyboardist Charles DeChant.\n\nThe video for this track:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsntlJZ9h1U", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616517, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616517/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T09:13:30-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3616516, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616516/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T09:10:05-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Our Lips Are Sealed", "track_id": "ff45a831-b049-314e-ba27-a5fa286887cc", "recording_id": "cba8729b-f1a6-49e8-9cab-fdc3f20c3ed2", "artist": "Fun Boy Three", "artist_ids": [ "aa2ff391-2dcc-4478-915e-3e716e13bfc2" ], "album": "Waiting", "release_id": "f2f5ddca-c5f4-3dcb-abc9-8d8af4c2062f", "release_group_id": "1b1ce566-418b-3338-953c-c7b01319da4c", "labels": [ "Chrysalis" ], "label_ids": [ "ed5601e5-7c54-426e-982a-1a208dd0b0ad" ], "release_date": "1983-02-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Go-Go's supported The Specials on their 1980 'Seaside' tour of England - and Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall had a brief affair. After she returned to the US, he mailed her lyrics and they collaborated to write the song. Wiedlin told Uncut magazine, \"I was so shocked when I heard the Fun Boy 3 version, because it's so moody. I don't think Terry kept a copy of the lyrics, because he got some of the words wrong.\" https://bit.ly/3yWJNBq", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616515, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616515/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T09:06:44-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fd79d133-84c7-487f-b58c-32f97cff7059/9526314633-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fd79d133-84c7-487f-b58c-32f97cff7059/9526314633-250.jpg", "song": "I Could Be Happy", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8cfd9b14-4ee1-4e18-ad1b-265d44763e1d", "artist": "Altered Images", "artist_ids": [ "318d3337-7ca5-49af-aa94-d95934717858" ], "album": "I Could Be Happy", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "9d9ac144-787b-3174-937f-12c5cb02a7ff", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1981-12-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Altered Images were performing at the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen and vocalist Clare Grogan borrowed a pair of her sister's shoes, which were 2 sizes too big for her. She stuffed them with toilet paper but halfway through singing this song, it had worked loose. As she sang, there was a long trail of white paper following her around.\nYou can see her singing (without toilet paper) in the official video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqPJp7Q7qE", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616513, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616513/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T09:03:06-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf-44081543533_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800509.us.archive.org/10/items/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf-44081543533_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Sunday", "track_id": "a6337358-01ac-4ce8-b8fe-c086a5dcd8a3", "recording_id": "ef74f52c-1902-47b4-9f3d-5ff64cadd344", "artist": "Hannah Lew", "artist_ids": [ "51acd5b1-a324-4125-b71e-a8c6e21dcf84" ], "album": "Hannah Lew", "release_id": "414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf", "release_group_id": "24cef81f-e0c2-4f9f-9342-b0b2c1be0ae8", "labels": [ "Night School Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c1c4c804-e3cf-4312-ad4f-e6d498a2f304" ], "release_date": "2026-04-10", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "AGAIN!\n\nUpcoming debut album from Richmond, CA artist Hannah Lew\nhttps://hannahlew.bandcamp.com/album/hannah-lew-2.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616512, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616512/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:59:28-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf-44081543533_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf/mbid-414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf-44081543533_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Sunday", "track_id": "a6337358-01ac-4ce8-b8fe-c086a5dcd8a3", "recording_id": "ef74f52c-1902-47b4-9f3d-5ff64cadd344", "artist": "Hannah Lew", "artist_ids": [ "51acd5b1-a324-4125-b71e-a8c6e21dcf84" ], "album": "Hannah Lew", "release_id": "414db7b5-268b-4173-b4c5-7bcdfce82caf", "release_group_id": "24cef81f-e0c2-4f9f-9342-b0b2c1be0ae8", "labels": [ "Night School Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c1c4c804-e3cf-4312-ad4f-e6d498a2f304" ], "release_date": "2026-04-10", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hannah Lew's solo debut is set to release on April 10! She is also a member of Grass Widow and Cold Beat.\n\nhttps://hannahlew.bandcamp.com/album/hannah-lew-2.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616511, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616511/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:52:45-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3616510, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616510/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:49:10-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601905.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-c8a5a17a-948c-3e92-901e-939fc337985a/mbid-c8a5a17a-948c-3e92-901e-939fc337985a-7726425552_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601905.us.archive.org/33/items/mbid-c8a5a17a-948c-3e92-901e-939fc337985a/mbid-c8a5a17a-948c-3e92-901e-939fc337985a-7726425552_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Wicked Game", "track_id": "010d55df-fbcf-3fd0-8e44-71b0cca273fb", "recording_id": "8daaabf0-198b-4cd0-a446-20d5264d66ca", "artist": "Chris Isaak", "artist_ids": [ "479497d4-e7c2-4e78-972e-56e78fac3995" ], "album": "Wild at Heart", "release_id": "c8a5a17a-948c-3e92-901e-939fc337985a", "release_group_id": "62ad0e64-c33e-339a-97b6-b4556dfedd43", "labels": [ "Polydor" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2" ], "release_date": "1990-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Chris Isaak's \"Wicked Game\" gained popularity after it was featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616509, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616509/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:45:48-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710605.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4a07aa59-c699-4f01-9611-9fb6b8cc61fc/mbid-4a07aa59-c699-4f01-9611-9fb6b8cc61fc-15626418636_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710605.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4a07aa59-c699-4f01-9611-9fb6b8cc61fc/mbid-4a07aa59-c699-4f01-9611-9fb6b8cc61fc-15626418636_thumb250.jpg", "song": "End of the Line", "track_id": "b11f95af-402d-466a-a122-85b2b279af79", "recording_id": "c6bb675e-f161-4b07-ae5c-a85d02796215", "artist": "Traveling Wilburys", "artist_ids": [ "4387b544-e4d0-4f18-b74e-d4a5ba1582ab" ], "album": "Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1", "release_id": "4a07aa59-c699-4f01-9611-9fb6b8cc61fc", "release_group_id": "7bfb7661-aef3-3f43-b625-542726cb078d", "labels": [ "Wilbury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "3b62043e-6c5e-42bd-886f-0452d1f04033" ], "release_date": "1988-10-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Traveling Wilburys were a British-American supergroup active from 1988 to 1991 consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616508, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616508/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:43:05-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802309.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-682071c8-dd78-47dd-9d44-c00c758fc47c/mbid-682071c8-dd78-47dd-9d44-c00c758fc47c-40916174478_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802309.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-682071c8-dd78-47dd-9d44-c00c758fc47c/mbid-682071c8-dd78-47dd-9d44-c00c758fc47c-40916174478_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Crying", "track_id": "5545f110-e319-3366-9bd6-c3ccd549fd5b", "recording_id": "54cbdbaa-77d6-4524-8d59-074437db2246", "artist": "Roy Orbison", "artist_ids": [ "0bbbc496-c7b5-4b3f-bb6d-bd312827d6e5" ], "album": "Crying / Candy Man", "release_id": "682071c8-dd78-47dd-9d44-c00c758fc47c", "release_group_id": "65a3b295-96eb-4fe5-904d-ac823cbd03e7", "labels": [ "Monument" ], "label_ids": [ "8f5e33fd-2e2f-42ca-922c-e47fb62601e1" ], "release_date": "1961-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Orbison claimed to have written this as the result of an encounter he had with an old flame with whom he was still in love. He refused to say how much she meant to him, and when he ran into her again it was too late. At the time, rock artists didn't typically write songs about crying over a girl. Orbison wanted to show that crying was not weakness, but sensitivity. https://royorbison.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616507, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616507/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:39:27-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Unchained Melody", "track_id": "7314682c-d6a6-4e7d-87a0-83308e6446d1", "recording_id": "15a4dc3a-464c-4183-ab64-4ff685403c39", "artist": "The Unrighteous Brothers", "artist_ids": [ "f6153279-442e-408c-a75a-2ddbcca3c304" ], "album": "Unchained Melody / You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", "release_id": "10a789aa-de6d-4bdc-b65c-979eee4e80a9", "release_group_id": "2939a179-8ece-4656-8613-959655f7becf", "labels": [ "Lightning Rod" ], "label_ids": [ "a9876aae-12dd-4d51-9b32-0bd5a5e0b04f" ], "release_date": "2020-09-24", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Andy in Oakland:\n\nHi John. Reaching out this morning, on the 8 year anniversary of my Mom Maureen's death. She took her own life. She struggled with depression her whole life and finally succumbed to it at 69. Although our relationship was complicated, I miss her dearly. I learned many important lessons from her. And inherited a lot of her struggles, of which I am committed to overcoming and breaking the cycle. My Mom was a lover of music and especially loved country music and singers of the 60s and 70s. I partially chose Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers as my first dance at my wedding with my wife in 2019 in honor of her - one of her favs. Thanks", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616506, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616506/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:32:55-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Channel Flipping 2 (Only You)", "track_id": "884ecb47-7352-4548-9774-ee07d3c7311f", "recording_id": "dff83fef-f1e1-451e-a69a-d9066877501f", "artist": "Zeds Dead", "artist_ids": [ "f9fdca15-1bef-43a0-8213-758b6ee0aa91" ], "album": "CHANNEL FLIPPING 2 (Only You)", "release_id": "2ad9642b-ec7f-42c2-b519-bc679c36783f", "release_group_id": "fe70a80d-2684-4a44-85c6-37064ca2c971", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2025-11-20", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "! Zeds Dead have released the nostalgic Channel Flipping 2, which features samples from Nas, Modern English, Lupe Fiasco, Three 6 Mafia, and more. You can watch the accompanying visuals here: https://tinyurl.com/4v9w2jnp\n -- \nWant a full list of the samples?: https://tinyurl.com/2u79r98h", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616505, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616505/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:28:26-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601005.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-317b4991-1258-41b8-a15e-c0c07d3f576f/mbid-317b4991-1258-41b8-a15e-c0c07d3f576f-42023947389_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601005.us.archive.org/3/items/mbid-317b4991-1258-41b8-a15e-c0c07d3f576f/mbid-317b4991-1258-41b8-a15e-c0c07d3f576f-42023947389_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Channel Flipping", "track_id": "32b40f8e-95c0-4f1d-9653-aa7fe3757281", "recording_id": "40cdb907-3754-40fc-b8a6-8ca0f324454c", "artist": "Zeds Dead", "artist_ids": [ "f9fdca15-1bef-43a0-8213-758b6ee0aa91" ], "album": "Channel Flipping", "release_id": "317b4991-1258-41b8-a15e-c0c07d3f576f", "release_group_id": "8ca6e0dc-727e-4cb9-9932-18ef554a73b1", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2024-11-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Request from Andrew in Alberta: \"This feels like a Channel Flipping day\"\n--\nZeds Dead is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto consisting of Dylan Mamid, also known as DC, and Zachary Rapp-Rovan, also known as Hooks.\n\nWatch the video mashup for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSQKvnWnCtY\n\nhttps://zedsdead1.bandcamp.com\nhttps://deadbeatsofficial.com/\n\nFull list of samples on Reddit: https://tinyurl.com/3kyx57mw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616504, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616504/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:23:24-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2d56c9be-1bea-3fbe-ba5b-c25c204b3624/37771099105-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/2d56c9be-1bea-3fbe-ba5b-c25c204b3624/37771099105-250.jpg", "song": "Close (to the Edit)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "71f97f6d-fe53-4594-b465-c9d7e6e72f8d", "artist": "Art of Noise", "artist_ids": [ "be899560-1570-402e-9f95-3182898a8b70" ], "album": "(Who’s Afraid of) The Art of Noise?", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a989c2cb-1331-3006-8e01-23e1d7530b75", "labels": [ "ZTT" ], "label_ids": [ "ed845c80-883e-4569-9d11-2f40117ab840" ], "release_date": "1984-06-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": true, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song samples two songs from Yes--the vocals from \"Leave It' and the sound effects from \"Owner of a Lonely Heart.\"\n--\nAnne Dudley and Paul Moarley talked about how they made \"Close (to the Edit)\": https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/03/how-we-made-art-of-noise-close-to-the-edit-anne-dudley-paul-morley", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3616502, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616502/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-02-12T08:18:09-08:00", "show": 65912, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65912/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Rockit", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "9af67d83-b3ef-44da-95a2-e695dcce2772", "artist": "Herbie Hancock", "artist_ids": [ "27613b78-1b9d-4ec3-9db5-fa0743465fdd" ], "album": "Future Shock", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7f86ad0f-d1d0-3732-a395-4e2e648e1262", "labels": [ "CBS" ], "label_ids": [ "b8d33bec-92cc-40d9-bd92-4eb089b401a9" ], "release_date": "1983-08-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Herbie could not be constrained to a single technology! This track features... - Fairlight CMI - Rhodes Chroma - Oberheim DMX - Minimoog - Sennheiser Vocoder - Garfield Electronics Doctor Click - E-mu Systems 4060 Digital Keyboard \"Rockit\" won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1983, and it won five MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. 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