Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=38140&ordering=-airdate
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The “Mr E” mentioned in the title is Mark himself, known by his fans as “E”.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597625, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597625/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:41:06-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Potholes in My Lawn", "track_id": "7354382a-f26a-3b9d-af92-ff434c9c8a7b", "recording_id": "c05301ea-9656-4b07-bb63-939ecffa7c9f", "artist": "De La Soul", "artist_ids": [ "a8ebde98-7e91-46c7-992c-90039ba42017" ], "album": "3 Feet High and Rising", "release_id": "f8ae1fa5-6665-4ff7-9f31-e6280d28b7f4", "release_group_id": "5243f39c-c344-3989-a0f6-2a2f75a9d827", "labels": [ "Tommy Boy Music" ], "label_ids": [ "25782561-07e5-453b-b2e9-6a7c39f86a3e" ], "release_date": "1989-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The yodeling that arguably uniquely identifies one of De La Soul's early hits, Potholes in My Lawn (which eventually appeared on De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising), is sampled from \"Little Ole Country Boy.\"\n--\nDid you know that this was the first hip-hop song to be played on Mars, by NASA's Opportunity Rover in 2004?", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597624, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597624/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:37:04-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Magic Mountain", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "c450fc04-eaac-40ae-9994-28d9ebade8cb", "artist": "Eric Burdon & War", "artist_ids": [ "3e6bbdb8-66c8-439c-a3d9-87391ce88740" ], "album": "Love Is All Around", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6209166e-bc77-3390-a851-1ef266143afd", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "1976-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Magic Mountain\" was the B-side to \"Spill the Wine.\" Eric Burdon said that the \"song was basically about a Californian mountain called Mount Tamalpais, and back in the hippie days we all used to go up there and hang out. But the DJs wouldn’t play the song because they wrongly assumed the lyrics were all about sex and drugs.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597623, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597623/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:33:56-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "There's Something Better", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "79dc203b-e254-49e0-ae6f-9d93eff35667", "artist": "Free Life", "artist_ids": [ "9b0c1a8b-1ea5-4872-aefa-196dfc8c6080" ], "album": "Dance Fantasy", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "783a3df1-cbd6-4e16-86e0-7f24b1fa3175", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1979-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Free Life released \"There's Something Better\" as a b-side to \"Dance Fantasy\" in 1979.\n\nFree Life was a short-lived soul-funk band, discovered and produced by Earth, Wind & Fire member Philip Bailey. Members included: Carl Carwell, David Straughter, Ernest Straughter, Julius Carey, Louis Russell, Robert Russell, Spencer Bean, Wayne Stalling, and Winston Ford.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597622, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597622/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:29:23-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Feelin’ Alright", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "3cc2f05d-c0d1-48ab-9c63-1639266433b4", "artist": "The Bar‐Kays", "artist_ids": [ "919ac2b3-aa04-4732-93f8-742ebb7a03f2" ], "album": "Money Talks", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "67734251-5236-3dd7-9e4e-77813f531e10", "labels": [ "Stax" ], "label_ids": [ "3d60c9cf-c020-49e8-a803-2189c146b880" ], "release_date": "1978-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Originally a Dave Mason song about unrequited love for Traffic, the Bar-Kays transformed it into a deep, driving funk anthem with signature Memphis soul.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597621, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597621/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:23:08-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3597620, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597620/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:21:41-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Rhymes Like Dimes", "track_id": "cb4c48c4-6889-3ccf-ab9b-750e969553ee", "recording_id": "357c68b7-3b75-49dc-9142-004c4bc01c13", "artist": "MF DOOM feat. 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DOOM let his collaborator DJ Cucumber Slice freestyle random words into the mic at the end, creating an iconic, unpolished, chaotic outro that perfectly captured the album's raw, villainous spirit.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597619, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597619/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:14:46-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Bisaraha", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Ziad Al Rahbani", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Houdou Nisbi", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "91c08fac-2da9-4adb-8056-f579ceb55632", "labels": [ "EMI Music Arabia" ], "label_ids": [ "1eddc740-b12c-4e6a-a4fb-71f1ffe4d2b2" ], "release_date": "2022-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The album \"Houdou Nisbi\" is famous for blending Lebanese folk, jazz, funk, and Brazilian rhythms, creating a unique Oriental jazz sound that was new for the region. Ziad self-produced and released it because he felt Lebanese record companies weren't ready for his experimental style, taking full creative control.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597618, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597618/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:11:33-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Watcha Gonna Do", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Missy Elliott, Timbaland", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Miss E …So Addictive", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "9e4f5c7a-0bec-3c68-bd21-d368145f34e3", "labels": [ "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "2001-05-14", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Watcha Gonna Do\" heavily samples and flips the tone of the song \"Colonial Mentality\" by Fela Kuti.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597616, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597616/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T13:00:28-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Water No Get Enemy", "track_id": "0feaecf4-9987-37f4-886f-3e4253a79a67", "recording_id": "21a4ec40-28be-496b-be56-f4d9cd7cf93a", "artist": "Fela Ransome Kuti & Afrika 70", "artist_ids": [ "dc45f2dc-ef36-4a7a-aa52-97495fca8ced", "6514cffa-fbe0-4965-ad88-e998ead8a82a" ], "album": "Expensive Shit", "release_id": "28daf154-bb39-4598-9151-23810232766c", "release_group_id": "b16d9280-f25e-3648-8a8e-1141efd55669", "labels": [ "Editions Makossa" ], "label_ids": [ "77a103da-8868-4367-8dcd-4ec8f69064a2" ], "release_date": "1975-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sending love to NIGERIA!\n\nFela Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre and human rights activist known for songs like \"Water No Get Enemy,\" \"Zombie,\" \"Sorrow Tears & Blood\" and \"Let's Start,\" among many amazing recordings.\n\nhttps://felakuti.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://felakuti.com/us", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597617, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597617/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:57:27-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Kora By Night", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "fce6b2fc-edf6-460f-9864-64f00cd69269", "artist": "Maher Cissoko", "artist_ids": [ "564c121e-d89f-4a92-80ce-94292389bec9" ], "album": "Kora Fo", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d6f748aa-00e8-4b8c-9006-79305b0d7390", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2017-06-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Love Yall! Peace out 25!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597615, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597615/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:53:02-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Jennifer’s Body", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d1823f31-624c-4291-a1f5-2e4f2ef3ae47", "artist": "Hole", "artist_ids": [ "1dcc8968-f2cd-441c-beda-6270f70f2863" ], "album": "Live Through This", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "fe676d05-f97c-303a-890b-da53c69e5d42", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1994-04-08", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Jennifer's Body\" refers to a popular song by the grunge band Hole, from their iconic 1994 album Live Through This, which also lent its title and themes to the 2009 horror-comedy film starring Megan Fox, exploring female relationships, sexuality, and monstrousness through a supernatural lens. The band, fronted by Courtney Love, explored dark, feminist-tinged themes in their music, making the title a perfect fit for the film's exploration of the \"male gaze\" and female rage.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597614, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597614/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:48:01-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "My Wave", "track_id": "27fbf46f-c3c4-3e51-9915-5953af8b05f7", "recording_id": "019606e4-dbfd-443b-85cc-a7e40dd78aab", "artist": "Soundgarden", "artist_ids": [ "153c9281-268f-4cf3-8938-f5a4593e5df4" ], "album": "Superunknown", "release_id": "53e70778-6771-4674-8933-9438b4528dd8", "release_group_id": "8300fe9c-0022-3c55-8a3e-8dc61f282e8c", "labels": [ "A&M Records" ], "label_ids": [ "35515729-1f2c-4cc9-9390-9af2764bc56c" ], "release_date": "1994-03-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Truly, the '90s alt. rock supergroup featuring former members of Soundgarden and Screaming Trees, have announced their reunion and shared US tour dates. The Seattle-based band feature former Soundgarden bassist and founding member Hiro Yamamoto and former Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel alongside vocalist/guitarist Robert Roth,: https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/seattle-supergroup-announce-2026-return\n--\nThey'll be at Baba Yaga in Seattle on Friday, March 6th and at The Kilowatt Bar in SF on Monday, March 9th.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597613, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597613/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:44:12-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3597612, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597612/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:40:25-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Whoever You Are", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ff716271-c213-4a26-aa5d-428964e4d95d", "artist": "Geggy Tah", "artist_ids": [ "9a0117a8-6930-4bb0-9b7b-77362e2a1c6b" ], "album": null, "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For my brother Mizell Jr!\n\nA '96 classic going on to those driving round in their cars! Whoever you are! \n\nGeggy said it best: \"I wanna thank you, whoever you are!\"\n\nThanks for your AWESOME support when we needed it most. Please, please considering giving to KEXP! https://www.kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597611, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597611/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:37:37-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Let Me Go", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "235efc48-16f8-4b48-8688-bf88010c1a32", "artist": "CAKE", "artist_ids": [ "fa7b9055-3703-473a-8a09-adf2fe031a24" ], "album": "Prolonging the Magic", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "34cc7616-0e7e-34aa-a42d-bc9c17755f18", "labels": [ "Capricorn Records" ], "label_ids": [ "193ad58f-5e6b-4a86-8038-c03501565869" ], "release_date": "1998-10-06", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3597610, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597610/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T12:34:05-08:00", "show": 65507, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65507/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Peaches", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "c8716482-ab0c-4e9d-9c23-f6a1d0df6b2a", "artist": "The Presidents of the United States of America", "artist_ids": [ "7509421d-1074-442f-be8f-b526167afcb3" ], "album": null, "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Peaches\" by The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) is a whimsical 90s alt-rock hit from their 1995 self-titled album, inspired by lead singer Chris Ballew's surreal experience waiting for a crush under a peach tree while high on LSD, leading to its iconic lyrics about eating peaches from a can, symbolizing simple, fuzzy joys. 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