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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=40&ordering=-airdate
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Is President\" (1987)\nOnyx: \"Slam\" (1993)\nIni Kamoze: \"Here Comes the Hotstepper\" (1994)\nBeastie Boys: \"What Comes Around\" (1989)\nMC Hammer: \"Pump It Up\" (1988)\nSalt-n-Pepa: \"Tramp\" (1987)\nBig Daddy Kane: \"Smooth Operator\" (1989)\nMigos: \"Stir Fry\" (2018)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638305, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638305/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:45:04-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/77eaeef4-1d7c-467e-bd93-f471f8c793a5/33383244882-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/77eaeef4-1d7c-467e-bd93-f471f8c793a5/33383244882-250.jpg", "song": "Synthetic Substitution", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "2f510c53-dd6b-4ffb-bde2-4633d1d1e702", "artist": "Melvin Bliss", "artist_ids": [ "aa527da6-d037-447f-a853-d171d70db70b" ], "album": "Reward / Synthetic Substitution", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "cb88a87c-c82e-3a43-9f93-e9bd234467ff", "labels": [ "Contempo" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1973-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Melvin Bliss released \"Synthetic Substitution\" as a b-side to \"Reward\" in 1973.\nSampled in O.P.P. Drums we're performed by Bernard Purdie.\n\n\"There are few examples of hip-hop's capacity for preserving obscure nooks of our cultural past than the second life of Melvin Bliss, a relatively obscure 1970s singer whose \"Synthetic Substitution,\" a throwaway B-side, became one of the most frequently sampled songs of the late '80s and early '90s.\": https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/07/melvin-bliss-rip/60457/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638304, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638304/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:34:00-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Luis \"BreakBeat Lou\" Flores is a DJ and producer most recognized for creating the Ultimate Breaks and Beats compilation series with the late Leonard \"BreakBeat Lenny\" Roberts. \nBreakbeat Lou's work with UBB became the blueprint for sampled music and remains relevant and integral to hip-hop music and culture.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3638303, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638303/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:30:31-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/b4a63e83-a40e-4f9b-940f-ea60a3633180/36807694872-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/b4a63e83-a40e-4f9b-940f-ea60a3633180/36807694872-250.jpg", "song": "Seven Minutes of Funk", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "2191d074-5f4f-4545-84a7-f69607a4ca13", "artist": "The Whole Darn Family", "artist_ids": [ "d042bd83-78fb-41b0-8217-c81e7f5068b7" ], "album": "Has Arrived", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ac1d5f7a-9218-3833-863c-cd9b80acceaf", "labels": [ "Soul International" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1976-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Interracial seven-piece funk band The Whole Darn Family emerged from Richmond, Virginia in the late 70's and were managed, produced and promoted by August \"Mr. Wiggles\" Moon who ran an independent label called Soul International Records from a storefront in Richmond's Southside District. \n\n\"Seven Minutes of Funk\" has become a cult favorite, as it's been sampled by Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, Foxy Brown, Method Man, Biggie Smalls and countless other hip-hop artists.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638302, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638302/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:26:33-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/d3714bb3-23e6-4ead-b020-e800242d50a2/37735507555-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/d3714bb3-23e6-4ead-b020-e800242d50a2/37735507555-250.jpg", "song": "Funky President (People It’s Bad)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "acff160e-1da0-4e49-b361-e3402bfb8744", "artist": "James Brown", "artist_ids": [ "20ff3303-4fe2-4a47-a1b6-291e26aa3438" ], "album": "Reality", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7ff6cc2e-69d7-3e65-936b-8fcd1b4240bc", "labels": [ "Polydor" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2" ], "release_date": "1974-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "James Brown released \"Funky President (People It’s Bad)\" on his 39th studio album Reality in 1974.\n\"Funky President (People It’s Bad)\" was released as a single in 1974. According to Brown, the \"funky president\" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S. President Gerald Ford, who had succeeded Richard Nixon in the White House shortly before it was recorded. \nThe song's rhythmic groove has been sampled in more than 900 songs!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638301, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638301/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:24:38-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/32d47183-0b0c-4250-9842-e6f3e5b33da1/28148940230-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/32d47183-0b0c-4250-9842-e6f3e5b33da1/28148940230-250.jpg", "song": "The Breakdown, Part 1", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "79f31e87-fde3-4dfe-a9a9-2cd125ab2aad", "artist": "Rufus Thomas", "artist_ids": [ "af1f46fe-903c-4bbf-8e20-a3e114343bd0" ], "album": "The Stax Story", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "47cf4fbd-2f62-3867-968b-ecb4f17ebbde", "labels": [ "Stax" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2000-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Rufus Thomas originally released the two-part \"The Breakdown\" in 1971, but you can find the track on Stax's 2000 re-release compilation The Stax Story.\n\nRhythm & blues and soul singer and songwriter Rufus Thomas enjoyed his biggest successes while signed to the Stax label during the 1960s and early 1970s. His best known song is Walking The Dog (1963), later covered by artists such as The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638300, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638300/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:16:43-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Celebrating 40 years of Ultimate Breaks & Beats with Luis \"BreakBeat Lou\" Flores!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3638299, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638299/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:12:47-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/653d7d8e-9942-456e-9746-769b584f529a/1136713398-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/653d7d8e-9942-456e-9746-769b584f529a/1136713398-250.jpg", "song": "Bouncy Lady", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "28c281bc-7d54-4be5-9e26-e75e62994ff9", "artist": "Pleasure", "artist_ids": [ "fc340078-7883-49bd-ad06-8b03512b25ed" ], "album": "Dust Yourself Off", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "14e67bec-ec3c-39ab-9168-55b4e21342ff", "labels": [ "Fantasy" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1975-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This 1975 debut album by Portland R&B group Pleasure was produced by Wayne Henderson of The Crusaders.\n\nPleasure is a band from Portland, Oregon, United States. Blending soul, funk and jazz with a street edge, they became a cult group on the underground black music scene of the late 1970s.\n\n\"Bouncy Lady was sampled for \"Brand New Funk\" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638298, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638298/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:09:04-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Midnight Theme", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "7f06f52a-678c-43fa-a19d-c180c4be6696", "artist": "Manzel", "artist_ids": [ "a373c43a-c29e-4bbf-a3a6-2336660f205e" ], "album": "Sugar Dreams / Midnight Theme", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b1e4bc5d-f250-40f4-9ced-fdacf797f356", "labels": [ "Fraternity Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1979-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Manzel released \"Midnight Theme\" as a b-side to \"Sugar Dreams\" in 1979 with Fraternity Records.\n\nManzel was an instrumental funk band from Lexington, Kentucky. Formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1978, Manzell consisted of: Manzel Bush, John Larry Van Dyke and Steve Garner.\n\nThis 1979 7″ just so happened to open with four bars of unaccompanied Garner drumming that made it perfect bait for hip-hop producers starting in the mid-’80s dawn of the sample era. The drums have been sampled nearly 120 times.): https://bit.ly/3pN8FcH", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638297, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638297/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:03:06-07:00", "show": 66376, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/dee1f517-383a-43ed-b33a-126828e455b7/25865134039-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/dee1f517-383a-43ed-b33a-126828e455b7/25865134039-250.jpg", "song": "Shifting Gears", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "63c8b319-4401-400b-ac2e-324cad6cacfe", "artist": "Johnny “Hammond” Smith", "artist_ids": [ "af8a8ede-2c56-469e-9069-463218595f85" ], "album": "Gears", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e199f355-ed97-381b-969c-812363186252", "labels": [ "Milestone" ], "label_ids": [ "d633e4af-9c3d-4cd6-996c-ba4f96706f5a" ], "release_date": "1975-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jazz keyboardist Johnny \"Hammond\" Smith released \"Shifting Gears\" in 1975. The supporting album Gears was produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.\n\nJohnny “Hammond” Smith's career took off as he was serving as accompanist to singer Nancy Wilson. One of his last accomplishments also included Nancy Wilson. He wrote the song \"Quiet Fire\" for her Nancy Now! release in 1988.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638296, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638296/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T18:00:16-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3638295, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638295/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:55:33-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721905.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2f3d4fbd-f655-44b0-8f70-28ed26fe865b/mbid-2f3d4fbd-f655-44b0-8f70-28ed26fe865b-37247186919_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721905.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2f3d4fbd-f655-44b0-8f70-28ed26fe865b/mbid-2f3d4fbd-f655-44b0-8f70-28ed26fe865b-37247186919_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Found Love", "track_id": "1ff4f359-62da-48b1-82ea-f4053adf1d73", "recording_id": "d2658681-4fb9-4f42-baa4-61f96a6e5ff3", "artist": "freekind.", "artist_ids": [ "375dd8d7-0e50-4889-814d-0bea720801da" ], "album": "Since Always and Forever", "release_id": "2f3d4fbd-f655-44b0-8f70-28ed26fe865b", "release_group_id": "2759ce88-566a-4598-af24-e6d6c7c05666", "labels": [ "Butter92" ], "label_ids": [ "61d2d105-d4dd-4db2-ae29-a514e2c303f8" ], "release_date": "2023-06-09", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Be free. Be kind.\"\n\nThat is the philosophy of the Croatian-Slovenian duo whose music carries a strong message of love and hope, complemented by R&B and jazz grooves. \n\nSara Ester Gredelj (vocals, piano) was born in Croatia, and Nina Korošak-Serčič (drums) has Slovenian roots, but they met in Vienna, Austria, at one of Europe’s best art and music universities, the “Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz”, “Kunstuniversität Graz” (KUG); it is not an entirely surprising fact as KUG has always attracted talented young musicians from the Balkan region. Sara and Nina met, shared their love for jazz, soul, r’n’b and pop and decided to start a band. \nhttp://tinyurl.com/urc2rbc9", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638293, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638293/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:51:19-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711303.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8-1606761051_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711303.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8-1606761051_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)", "track_id": "748bdc74-5a47-34fb-b0cd-16ce5fa97bcf", "recording_id": "bd2a4d5d-3462-4f0b-832a-053759783952", "artist": "Digable Planets", "artist_ids": [ "ff44f779-74ab-48f8-aac3-39ebe8f7c18e" ], "album": "Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)", "release_id": "3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8", "release_group_id": "2836fcb0-2fd3-3de8-b7cc-53141d666894", "labels": [ "Pendulum Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c3ab5351-dd5f-4536-8bf5-9927a080b507" ], "release_date": "1993-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In “Rebirth of Slick”, the primary sample is that of Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers' “Stretching”; “Rebirth” samples both the bassline and the horn motifs from “Stretching.”\n\n\nRead an Excerpt from Larry Mizell, Jr.'s Liner Notes for Digable Planets' Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space): https://www.kexp.org/read/2018/2/20/read-excerpt-larry-mizell-jrs-liner-notes-digable-planets-emreachin-new-refutation-time-and-spaceem/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638291, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638291/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:45:37-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4adb5e82-5f65-4ae5-bc40-7eac5f381d5b/mbid-4adb5e82-5f65-4ae5-bc40-7eac5f381d5b-37567301108_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-4adb5e82-5f65-4ae5-bc40-7eac5f381d5b/mbid-4adb5e82-5f65-4ae5-bc40-7eac5f381d5b-37567301108_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I Am a Part of the Wonder", "track_id": "7f661884-e4ea-4cdd-b9f7-97ffa20ec661", "recording_id": "cdb2fc6c-76eb-41db-824d-c5716d0c69ff", "artist": "Lonnie Holley & Moor Mother", "artist_ids": [ "483ccc8e-d789-46db-a88a-3a0ad4b6fae3", "16610cf1-5ed5-4770-89b4-bf7e7aca7ebf" ], "album": "Oh Me Oh My", "release_id": "4adb5e82-5f65-4ae5-bc40-7eac5f381d5b", "release_group_id": "4615a111-0d2c-49fa-8d59-69a5833df7fb", "labels": [ "Jagjaguwar" ], "label_ids": [ "42e06800-76f8-4a5b-a9b6-0983a5d72f17" ], "release_date": "2023-03-10", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Request for Betty!\n\nReally great collaboration with Jacknife Lee from last year.\n\nhttps://lonnieholley.bandcamp.com/album/oh-me-oh-my", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638290, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638290/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:41:29-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711402.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eccb1da2-eb11-431c-86ff-f2a44044d1eb/mbid-eccb1da2-eb11-431c-86ff-f2a44044d1eb-44557597456_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711402.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eccb1da2-eb11-431c-86ff-f2a44044d1eb/mbid-eccb1da2-eb11-431c-86ff-f2a44044d1eb-44557597456_thumb250.jpg", "song": "It’s a Beautiful Life", "track_id": "13bba15e-34f2-4aad-9837-477fb8a53663", "recording_id": "eea9292c-04e7-480a-8809-915dec13b6d2", "artist": "Francis of Delirium", "artist_ids": [ "4332dc29-35a4-406f-855f-8df891462993" ], "album": "It’s a Beautiful Life", "release_id": "eccb1da2-eb11-431c-86ff-f2a44044d1eb", "release_group_id": "97d48511-cd84-4a09-b051-d16f20562bad", "labels": [ "Dalliance Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "2a2b9ea4-fd17-4659-a681-7a11806c78d2" ], "release_date": "2026-03-09", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jana Bahrich, known professionally as Francis of Delirium, is a Luxembourgish indie rock musician. After playing French horn and banjo as a child, she went on to become a prominent musician in and beyond Luxembourg.\n\nHer new album ' Run, Run Pure Beauty' comes out on May 29th.\nhttps://francisofdelirium.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://www.francisofdelirium.com/\n\nHere's the official video for \"It's a Beautiful Life\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p26AG6N1TQ0", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638289, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638289/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:39:02-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3638287, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638287/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:33:12-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-87c9ec72-00d5-3be0-b4fa-41dd3567cc8e/mbid-87c9ec72-00d5-3be0-b4fa-41dd3567cc8e-38162417877_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801307.us.archive.org/5/items/mbid-87c9ec72-00d5-3be0-b4fa-41dd3567cc8e/mbid-87c9ec72-00d5-3be0-b4fa-41dd3567cc8e-38162417877_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Acquiesce", "track_id": "abb1ab4e-e528-36e3-9a91-6b5564d64831", "recording_id": "ae7763e3-953a-4e86-bd94-777e994bb9ac", "artist": "Oasis", "artist_ids": [ "39ab1aed-75e0-4140-bd47-540276886b60" ], "album": "The Masterplan", "release_id": "87c9ec72-00d5-3be0-b4fa-41dd3567cc8e", "release_group_id": "3d79dc76-7b02-3510-b12b-5061f459f8ac", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1998-11-03", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This Noel Gallagher-penned track originally appeared as the B-side to Oasis' first UK number-one single, \"Some Might Say,\" in 1995. It was included on the B-sides compilation album The Masterplan, released in 1998.\n\nOf this track, Noel Gallagher explains, \"It was written going to a studio in Wales to record 'Some Might Say.' The train broke down, and I was stuck for four hours, and I wrote that song. Someone had said 'Acquiesce' on the phone, and I'd written it down.\"\n\nThe verses are sung by Liam Gallagher, with the chorus sung by Noel, who said that Liam could not sing the high notes.\n\nNoel has said the lyrics are not about him and his brother Liam, a sentiment echoed by Paul Du Noyer in his liner notes of The Masterplan: \"The song is about friendship in the widest sense and not, as often speculated, about the Gallagher brothers themselves. https://tinyurl.com/h48f2tmt", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638284, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638284/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:25:24-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752-21275083212_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800605.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752-21275083212_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I Am the Resurrection", "track_id": "2a191d52-9292-3b1b-8783-d35d5cd38735", "recording_id": "1ec9cfaf-d62d-4723-89fc-80e25b984c2c", "artist": "The Stone Roses", "artist_ids": [ "b5fa29f1-6c22-4321-a488-b5f363b06b06" ], "album": "The Stone Roses", "release_id": "0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752", "release_group_id": "88b86fe0-26f5-3949-817a-8082145e704d", "labels": [ "Silvertone Records" ], "label_ids": [ "82307007-21d1-48c0-a31f-b89d9b1811de" ], "release_date": "1989-07-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Regarding the song's origin, drummer Reni revealed the track originated when bassist Mani played the riff of The Beatles' \"Taxman\" backwards.\n\nReni said, \"Mani would play the riff backwards during sound-checks and we played along over the top for a laugh. Finally we said, Let's do this joke-song properly and see what happens.\" The music was recorded with legendary producer John Leckie who had previously worked with Pink Floyd, The Human League and even The Beatles. \n\nThe song is one of the times that the band combined all of their influences to create something totally new. After four and a half minutes of sharp vocals and lyrics, \"I Am the Resurrection\" takes an unexpected turn. The song transitions into an instrumental outro that lasts another four minutes, transforming from a rock anthem into a euphoric, almost danceable jam session.\n\nSpeaking to NME about the instrumental, Mani revealed: \"The end section was recorded in one take by me, John and Reni.\" https://tinyurl.com/nymn9t3w", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638281, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638281/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:18:50-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "The Holy River", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "f755eeef-5d0f-4c15-b809-375781161497", "artist": "Prince", "artist_ids": [ "070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e" ], "album": "Emancipation", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e56d7c7f-c71e-39b5-82eb-9454365cc2eb", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1996-11-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy 40th Birthday, Quinn!\n\nEmancipation is the 19th full-length studio album by Prince (his third using the symbol as his name).\n\nHere are some fun facts on this track:\nhttp://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=The_Holy_River", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3638280, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638280/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-05T17:17:02-07:00", "show": 66375, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" } ] }
