Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=5000&ordering=-airdate
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Front man Michael Stipe recorded a greeting for Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 13, 2011, listen to it here: https://bit.ly/41mZPnC", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639769, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639769/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:11:33-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia803106.us.archive.org/13/items/mbid-3f9a83ce-7ad0-4837-bf3e-4e3c4085cbf2/mbid-3f9a83ce-7ad0-4837-bf3e-4e3c4085cbf2-10653973376_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721209.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3f9a83ce-7ad0-4837-bf3e-4e3c4085cbf2/mbid-3f9a83ce-7ad0-4837-bf3e-4e3c4085cbf2-10653973376_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Tubthumping", "track_id": "3cc75d73-6651-3543-bf7a-50607fd478d7", "recording_id": "7c36b9b0-d6fc-49c0-b02d-b58d7aea2a40", "artist": "Chumbawamba", "artist_ids": [ "7b7b1e6f-e73e-41a0-9d72-8f0b30c6992d" ], "album": "Tubthumper", "release_id": "3f9a83ce-7ad0-4837-bf3e-4e3c4085cbf2", "release_group_id": "b5679518-f45c-3a5f-b360-7a877a24af66", "labels": [ "Republic Records", "Universal Records" ], "label_ids": [ "e0ecd909-0477-485f-80dc-3c27ea4837ca", "590538e9-b183-4163-ab5a-171fb021ed12" ], "release_date": "1997-09-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Chumbawamba's hit song was selected to wake up astronaut Sandy Magnus, played on July 11, 2011, during the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis.\n\nInfluenced by UK acts like the Sex Pistols and the Clash, Chumbawamba was an anarchist band that resisted society’s capitalist rules both in and out the recording studio. As part of the punk movement, they played benefit shows at UK miners’ strikes, picket lines, and anti-war events. \n\nhttps://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/chumbawamba-tubthumping-feature/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639768, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639768/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:06:13-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710901.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e470249c-66e3-4565-a0cd-6b052bde709e/mbid-e470249c-66e3-4565-a0cd-6b052bde709e-12414410936_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710901.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e470249c-66e3-4565-a0cd-6b052bde709e/mbid-e470249c-66e3-4565-a0cd-6b052bde709e-12414410936_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Mr. Blue Sky", "track_id": "cb4c416c-4042-394e-a301-663cce80f339", "recording_id": "6e33056b-2a34-4ed0-b49c-f7a8ae2c5bcc", "artist": "Electric Light Orchestra", "artist_ids": [ "0c502791-4ee9-4c5f-9696-0602b721ff3b" ], "album": "Out of the Blue", "release_id": "b8971f09-9ef4-4d96-b0d9-ea1ffaa031a7", "release_group_id": "a720436f-9c8e-439a-a147-18e83441edab", "labels": [ "Jet Records" ], "label_ids": [ "ffb28ce2-93d9-41db-8540-09c7625415ed" ], "release_date": "1977-10-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "NASA has a long tradition of waking up astronauts in orbit with special wakeup music, usually picked for individual crewmembers by a loved one or friend. It was notably played on Flight Day 3 for Commander Chris Ferguson during STS-135, the final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011.\n\nhttps://www.space.com/12266-final-space-shuttle-wakeup-songs-astronaut-rock.html", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639767, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639767/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T06:03:07-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601301.us.archive.org/13/items/mbid-df2d5b95-b069-4b03-b0d1-90eb4ba619e6/mbid-df2d5b95-b069-4b03-b0d1-90eb4ba619e6-6125652332_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801301.us.archive.org/13/items/mbid-df2d5b95-b069-4b03-b0d1-90eb4ba619e6/mbid-df2d5b95-b069-4b03-b0d1-90eb4ba619e6-6125652332_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Come Fly With Me", "track_id": "9fd68224-360b-3800-ac4f-46564638e0c1", "recording_id": "c118d858-5a10-4f78-b137-2ecf28faf000", "artist": "Frank Sinatra", "artist_ids": [ "197450cd-0124-4164-b723-3c22dd16494d" ], "album": "The Very Best of Frank Sinatra", "release_id": "df2d5b95-b069-4b03-b0d1-90eb4ba619e6", "release_group_id": "80467537-973d-3820-b907-f1b885dda8ed", "labels": [ "Reprise Records" ], "label_ids": [ "af6d6f49-2b4d-40fe-86d4-241906772b59" ], "release_date": "1997-06-10", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Continuing our mission to play some songs that have been used in space to wake up astronauts. Come Fly With Me was played during the Apollo 11 mission, often cited as the first music on the Moon, July 20, 1969. \n\nCheck out NASA's chronology of wake up calls here: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wakeup-calls.pdf", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639766, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639766/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:58:45-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3639765, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639765/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:57:11-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-02895cda-21f4-46af-bea1-612a99ec24c4/mbid-02895cda-21f4-46af-bea1-612a99ec24c4-44607229792_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720601.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-02895cda-21f4-46af-bea1-612a99ec24c4/mbid-02895cda-21f4-46af-bea1-612a99ec24c4-44607229792_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Look How Far...", "track_id": "c52e259d-65fd-4a4d-85d2-bde332e56817", "recording_id": "a3ab6e1c-8e52-4fd7-8edf-2090df22f4cd", "artist": "Modest Mouse", "artist_ids": [ "a96ac800-bfcb-412a-8a63-0a98df600700" ], "album": "Look How Far...", "release_id": "02895cda-21f4-46af-bea1-612a99ec24c4", "release_group_id": "bd6c0995-f456-46c1-bed6-b7bc25c74940", "labels": [ "GP Records" ], "label_ids": [ "2fba238d-3062-4d64-a380-87dfbe688bd6" ], "release_date": "2026-03-10", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This is new music from Modest Mouse--their first new song in five years! \"Look How Far...\" features Janet Weiss of Quasi and Sleater Kinney.\n--\nModest Mouse will be performing in Spokane May 12th at the Knitting Factory (sold out) and in San Francisco on August 7th at Outside Lands.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639764, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639764/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:53:51-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600700.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-e4ce8e76-b311-4b7a-9a14-0f04039a0c6c/mbid-e4ce8e76-b311-4b7a-9a14-0f04039a0c6c-41350762522_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710909.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e4ce8e76-b311-4b7a-9a14-0f04039a0c6c/mbid-e4ce8e76-b311-4b7a-9a14-0f04039a0c6c-41350762522_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Man", "track_id": "1fe1e1b1-4442-431c-97b8-03edf48185d3", "recording_id": "e5a3a4a5-dc7e-4750-afb6-bbd1f5830c59", "artist": "MRCY", "artist_ids": [ "c412da25-663e-43bf-92a9-797e38840b13" ], "album": "VOLUME 2", "release_id": "e4ce8e76-b311-4b7a-9a14-0f04039a0c6c", "release_group_id": "4089cfbf-8f22-43b0-9075-9486252625df", "labels": [ "Dead Oceans" ], "label_ids": [ "f70f950f-2587-4f85-a5c7-b483a47bd2e9" ], "release_date": "2025-05-30", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"MRCY are producer Barney Lister and vocalist Kojo Degraft-Johnson. Hailing from different ends of England and disparate cultures, theirs is a space of soulful self-expression that combines the timeless musical warmth and social consciousness of Marvin Gaye with the genre-melding, modern sensibility of Anderson .Paak and SAULT.\" \n\nhttps://mrcydeadoceans.bandcamp.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639763, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639763/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:51:59-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bf5196a5-544d-44c4-aebc-b62472a365d0/mbid-bf5196a5-544d-44c4-aebc-b62472a365d0-44218093094_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bf5196a5-544d-44c4-aebc-b62472a365d0/mbid-bf5196a5-544d-44c4-aebc-b62472a365d0-44218093094_thumb250.jpg", "song": "You Left Without Saying Goodbye", "track_id": "61ab9ea8-5a1e-401e-8533-cc2b615d9425", "recording_id": "41240ca3-4b50-4588-a7a5-8f59d95344d5", "artist": "Thundercat", "artist_ids": [ "044fd265-79dd-43eb-afc4-8b20becf7e17" ], "album": "Distracted", "release_id": "bf5196a5-544d-44c4-aebc-b62472a365d0", "release_group_id": "cd80d129-cb28-4e70-b4c2-b4ac052cb90e", "labels": [ "Brainfeeder" ], "label_ids": [ "20b3d6f9-9086-48d9-802f-5f808456a0ef" ], "release_date": "2026-04-03", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Overstimulated\nFeels like I've lost my mind (ooh)\nJust breathe, it's okay\nGuess it's always meant to feel some type of way\n\nOff of Thundercat's long-awaited new album Distraction. https://thundercat.bandcamp.com/track/you-left-without-saying-goodbye", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639762, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639762/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:49:12-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia902809.us.archive.org/21/items/mbid-c0b02aaa-3486-4cc0-94c3-6b268a3944ab/mbid-c0b02aaa-3486-4cc0-94c3-6b268a3944ab-44392074406_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721504.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c0b02aaa-3486-4cc0-94c3-6b268a3944ab/mbid-c0b02aaa-3486-4cc0-94c3-6b268a3944ab-44392074406_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Blue", "track_id": "a625944f-4270-46f7-a24e-85e3f16d7d30", "recording_id": "d004a861-b384-4ca9-a131-906c30228b13", "artist": "Yaya Bey", "artist_ids": [ "f55859c9-0642-47dc-8c68-4aa2db484b23" ], "album": "FIdelity", "release_id": "c0b02aaa-3486-4cc0-94c3-6b268a3944ab", "release_group_id": "a43bf2ce-2a3a-477b-b263-83edd2750f91", "labels": [ "drink sum wtr" ], "label_ids": [ "778a90c4-21ff-4035-b3dc-80f62d0e989c" ], "release_date": "2026-04-17", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multidisciplinary artist Yaya Bey is one of R&B's most exciting storytellers. Growing up surrounded by music as the daughter of 1990s hip-hop MC Grand Daddy IU, Yaya brings an expansive and eclectic palette to her music, infusing R&B with touches of soul, jazz, reggae, Afrobeat, and hip-hop while vividly tackling both life's hardships and joyful moments through her powerful lyrics. Yaya Bey's fourth album 'Fidelity' is due out April 17th.\n\nhttps://yayabey.bandcamp.com/album/fidelity", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639761, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639761/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:44:28-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721503.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-597f7995-f8be-4634-8817-8739ff06d851/mbid-597f7995-f8be-4634-8817-8739ff06d851-43751139849_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia801707.us.archive.org/7/items/mbid-597f7995-f8be-4634-8817-8739ff06d851/mbid-597f7995-f8be-4634-8817-8739ff06d851-43751139849_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Paralysis Ghosts", "track_id": "c45f4bba-70bc-4766-81e6-e058c27d4117", "recording_id": "34522fac-bd04-4884-b3fb-4d24aad05854", "artist": "Telenova", "artist_ids": [ "559fcf2b-8ddb-4973-a57c-8cc62c296ebb" ], "album": "The Warning", "release_id": "597f7995-f8be-4634-8817-8739ff06d851", "release_group_id": "6a33b5d7-6853-43aa-91eb-35757d1ef490", "labels": [ "EMI Recorded Music Australia" ], "label_ids": [ "166f5cd1-43b7-4c21-9d88-9ee12998e867" ], "release_date": "2026-02-27", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New album from the Melbourne, Australia band, self described as \"cinema for your ears.\"\n \nhttps://www.telenovamusic.co/\nhttps://telenovaofficial.bandcamp.com/track/paralysis-ghosts", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639760, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639760/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T05:41:53-07:00", "show": 66405, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66405/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710201.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-de04ddc0-3951-4bb9-a2ae-77d40a456714/mbid-de04ddc0-3951-4bb9-a2ae-77d40a456714-44645260144_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia803106.us.archive.org/22/items/mbid-de04ddc0-3951-4bb9-a2ae-77d40a456714/mbid-de04ddc0-3951-4bb9-a2ae-77d40a456714-44645260144_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Hours, Years", "track_id": "7879bec7-5213-49ed-a69b-9c40988f48d7", "recording_id": "c089de03-5a7e-49f6-8a67-88b177d069e2", "artist": "AtticOmatic", "artist_ids": [ "edfa76f1-dcac-44db-aaed-d57024c048e9" ], "album": "Between Two", "release_id": "de04ddc0-3951-4bb9-a2ae-77d40a456714", "release_group_id": "8e7914d1-35da-4f6e-907e-f976548817ea", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2026-03-20", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Brighton-based quintet AtticOmatic recently released their second EP, Between Two, featuring a \"genre-agnostic\" blend of indie, jazz, post-punk, and folk. 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