Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=41940&ordering=-airdate
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Check out their limited edition vinyl:\nhttps://preservation-hall-store.myshopify.com/collections/all-music/products/preservation-hall-wishes-you-a-very-merry-creole-christmas-vinyl", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3594005, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3594005/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:47:27-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0f53e080-0b66-4048-bed1-1a0b1f461a86", "artist": "Oscar Peterson", "artist_ids": [ "ed801bdd-f057-41c0-94fb-76cb5676cd59" ], "album": "An Oscar Peterson Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a898f18f-ed98-360d-8a05-e0798e69cf83", "labels": [ "Telarc Jazz" ], "label_ids": [ "041fe137-8828-49bb-ad9e-8623ba85b371" ], "release_date": "1995-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Montreal artist classically trained by Hungarian pianist Paul de Marky (a student of István Thomán). Growing up in a predominantly Black neighborhood, he was captivated by jazz. \n\nAt 14, he won the national music competition set by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, dropped out of school, and became a professional pianist.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3594004, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3594004/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:44:04-08:00", "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": 3594003, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3594003/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:40:47-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "edafe772-ec60-435f-8619-9f20848ff384", "artist": "James Brown", "artist_ids": [ "20ff3303-4fe2-4a47-a1b6-291e26aa3438" ], "album": "Christmas Classics", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e4b710dd-df3a-3c48-9da3-d179c47a55bf", "labels": [ "King" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1968-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3594001, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3594001/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:37:14-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "85064a6a-d610-45ad-a13b-134e6e7407bd", "artist": "Miles Davis", "artist_ids": [ "561d854a-6a28-4aa7-8c99-323e6ce46c2a" ], "album": "Blue Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "08e33e69-4185-42ca-86e1-d67bc9cc188a", "labels": [ "CBS" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1983-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Recorded in 1962 in NYC with Jimmy Cobb on drums, Wayne Shorter on saxophone, and Bob Dorough on vocals.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3594000, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3594000/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:32:30-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "We Free Kings", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "e3a10afe-fab7-43eb-93d2-dc37ce4cadc1", "artist": "Roland Kirk", "artist_ids": [ "4a1f7fe0-e509-4c4a-9fa1-9cf6c3ca891c" ], "album": "We Free Kings", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "46669ab3-daed-3025-9abe-61a63f9cf8bd", "labels": [ "Mercury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6" ], "release_date": "1961-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "A jazz version of a Christmas carol written in 1857 by the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he wrote the carol for a Christmas pageant in New York City.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593999, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593999/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:29:05-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Bright Star in the East", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "80fe623d-61b8-417d-abbb-28323eee111c", "artist": "Billy Taylor & David Frost", "artist_ids": [ "c208cebb-a6ce-4d9e-b3bc-691c27e68702" ], "album": "Merry Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Bell" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1970-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Taylor was musical director of \"The David Frost Show\" from 1969 to 1972, and while he was there they put out a Christmas album! \n\nhttp://christmasyuleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/billy-taylor-1921-2010.html ; can also find this track on the “Cool Yule” compilation put out in 2004", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593998, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593998/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:23:33-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "We Three Kings", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "George Conedy", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Merry Soul Christmas At The Hammond Organ", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Kent" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Conedy was a self-taught organist who was with the Little Zion Baptist Church in Compton, CA. He played with Horace (Hawk) Jones on bass, Elliott McKenzie on drums, and Joe Youngblood on guitar.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593997, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593997/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:19:38-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Drummer Boy", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "George Conedy", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Merry Soul Christmas At The Hammond Organ", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Kent" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Conedy was a self-taught organist who was with the Little Zion Baptist Church in Compton, CA. He played with Horace (Hawk) Jones on bass, Elliott McKenzie on drums, and Joe Youngblood on guitar.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593996, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593996/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:15:45-08:00", "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": 3593995, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593995/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T11:13:15-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5d913fa1-2668-4ef2-a9f0-49d2f3709ca4/18665967090-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/5d913fa1-2668-4ef2-a9f0-49d2f3709ca4/18665967090-250.jpg", "song": "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "f5c32ea0-c83e-4f09-9fcb-655666665185", "artist": "Darlene Love", "artist_ids": [ "af953ba2-283b-41ef-93bc-b4cfc5feeebc" ], "album": "A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Phil Spector Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1963-11-22", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Though not commercially successful at the time, this song went on to be a classic that Love performed on Late Night with David Letterman annually for 20 years (1994–2014). 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": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "1991-10-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "1961 single on Art-Tone ; cool (though non-Christmas-y) live footage of \"The Walk\" with Ry Cooder and Wayne Bennett in 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Dfz8ONT8U ; http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/jmccracklin.htm", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3593987, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3593987/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-21T10:45:20-08:00", "show": 65438, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65438/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "af503c39-f747-4660-b696-eb135fff782b", "artist": "Jimmy McGriff", "artist_ids": [ "58f23499-f263-4772-9b7a-2f6cd2fe428f" ], "album": "Christmas with Jimmy McGriff", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2b7f4502-d1db-4be5-aaa5-caacfc1afc87", "labels": [ "Sue Records Inc." ], "label_ids": [ "af929a29-aa2e-41aa-9b21-f6e455737802" ], "release_date": "1963-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The B-3 Hammond organ player from Philadelphia started out his career as a police officer before he found himself skipping work to practice the organ, eventually quitting to study at Julliard.\nhttps://www.bluenote.com/artist/jimmy-mcgriff", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
