Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=41920&ordering=-airdate
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Jimmy Fallon asked her to continue the tradition on The Tonight Show and she performed this year and last year:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6aGXVAuWw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593994, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593994/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:10:37-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Little Bright Star", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "48ba9622-4884-4581-b4e4-11a35d27a711", "artist": "The Supremes", "artist_ids": [ "c1aa2ec9-53e7-4d90-8d36-bac75832e986" ], "album": "Merry Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "50577f0e-e20e-3967-8710-5daba21d71a8", "labels": [ "Motown" ], "label_ids": [ "8e479e57-ef44-490c-b75d-cd28df89bf1b" ], "release_date": "1965-11-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The instruments were recorded in LA and vocals in Hitsville, USA in Detroit for The Supremes only Christmas album.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593993, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593993/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:07:57-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0b65398e-667a-4687-96ba-ae8001c2d14e/12140935775-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0b65398e-667a-4687-96ba-ae8001c2d14e/12140935775-250.jpg", "song": "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "3b183be1-40dd-4093-8015-e52375c653e2", "artist": "William Bell", "artist_ids": [ "d9c9cfb7-f751-4fb0-97c0-b3ddd768bc78" ], "album": "Jolly Old Soul", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "46900cc4-a2c0-47f7-8afd-4189130083e1", "labels": [ "Rhino Custom Products" ], "label_ids": [ "9a714874-6256-42e5-a8ba-771f767b1e62" ], "release_date": "2010-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Co-written with fellow Stax musician Booker T Jones, recorded in 1967.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593992, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593992/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:04:29-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0b65398e-667a-4687-96ba-ae8001c2d14e/12140935775-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0b65398e-667a-4687-96ba-ae8001c2d14e/12140935775-250.jpg", "song": "Soul Santa", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "55900d2b-3144-480e-ac8e-9283c40d96e6", "artist": "Brook Benton", "artist_ids": [ "e449337e-4192-415d-88d0-81352c068d2c" ], "album": "Jolly Old Soul", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "46900cc4-a2c0-47f7-8afd-4189130083e1", "labels": [ "Rhino Custom Products" ], "label_ids": [ "9a714874-6256-42e5-a8ba-771f767b1e62" ], "release_date": "2010-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "1971 single on Cotillion ; 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His family foundation still continue the work every December.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593989, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593989/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T10:51:20-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3593988, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593988/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T10:48:45-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Christmas Time, Part 1", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "049751d6-cbea-4d23-b650-072e188f11e6", "artist": "Jimmy McCracklin", "artist_ids": [ "497acfd9-091f-4405-a603-0623d099cc1d" ], "album": "Blue Yule", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "762ceec8-38e8-31b4-ad87-f92c3326c80c", "labels": [ 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