Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=50760&ordering=-airdate
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He explained in Isle of Noises by Daniel Rachel: \"I used to sing Gregorian chants and plainsong as an altar boy. A lot of my melodies might reflect that love and my early exposure to that stark, melodic narrative. 'Message In A Bottle' reflects that, too.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598613, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598613/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:29:38-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3598612, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598612/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:25:54-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "The Glamorous Life", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "7f8f3262-f6bd-4c3e-8f2e-97cc84de4ad5", "artist": "Sheila E.", "artist_ids": [ "e6e4b25d-37d7-4fc1-9022-2b83a298fad8" ], "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": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598611, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598611/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:22:40-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Lets Go Crazy", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0e3cfc8e-04cd-4056-abbe-82bcc91ab382", "artist": "Prince", "artist_ids": [ "070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e" ], "album": "Lets Go Crazy", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "9cd49bc3-8949-459a-8ef7-3692e5dbd0a5", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": null, "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598610, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598610/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:18:33-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e994251b-5b94-43cb-bc59-350cc84747b6/41674009369-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e994251b-5b94-43cb-bc59-350cc84747b6/41674009369-250.jpg", "song": "Got to Give It Up", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d195a83a-6704-4deb-aa0c-e037f51c9297", "artist": "Marvin Gaye", "artist_ids": [ "afdb7919-059d-43c1-b668-ba1d265e7e42" ], "album": "Best of Marvin Gaye: Live", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7f348360-4660-348b-978d-e3cc2d3846d2", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2005-02-11", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Unusual for the time for including the sounds of people talking in the studio on the mix, Gaye included the voices on the mix as a way of creating a loose and casual party atmosphere to the track! \n\nFamously enough, this song was the subject of a prolonged court case filed by Marvin Gaye's estate in 2013 against the writers of Robin Thicke's hit \"Blurred Lines\".", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598608, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598608/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:15:10-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600500.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-ea9f2bfb-3800-4a47-b807-2649bae1155b/mbid-ea9f2bfb-3800-4a47-b807-2649bae1155b-23061320669_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800500.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-ea9f2bfb-3800-4a47-b807-2649bae1155b/mbid-ea9f2bfb-3800-4a47-b807-2649bae1155b-23061320669_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "track_id": "916e16df-d018-4107-b5ae-2ff7ba1d5c45", "recording_id": "0b25ece4-47b7-44a8-91ab-a537fd33be57", "artist": "Stevie Wonder", "artist_ids": [ "1ee18fb3-18a6-4c7f-8ba0-bc41cdd0462e" ], "album": "Sweet Soul Music: 24 Scorching Classics From 1970", "release_id": "ea9f2bfb-3800-4a47-b807-2649bae1155b", "release_group_id": "90ed8bf7-ef92-4306-abc8-687ac7e0cca3", "labels": [ "Bear Family Records" ], "label_ids": [ "bf19ea5d-45a8-4980-b050-1dd4f7194952" ], "release_date": "2009-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Stevie Wonder was just 20 years old when this track was released. At 20 years old I was taking intro-level Spanish for the second time (you'd be surprised how many times you can take intro level Spanish)\n\nIt was the first track he ever produced. \nhttp://www.steviewonder.net/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598609, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598609/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:11:36-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "2ca68ee7-4508-49da-81b9-0f666c1c3b67", "artist": "The Dramatics", "artist_ids": [ "ab950ad1-3e41-411a-8a84-b0b5f90a62c0" ], "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": "The Dramatics (formerly The Dynamics) are a Detroit, Michigan soul music vocal group, formed in 1964 - this song has been covered by The Beautiful South, RuPaul, Hall & Oates, and Gerald Albright - Watch The Dramatics perform this song live on Soul Train in 1972: https://youtu.be/RpFGC98nO-c", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598607, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598607/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:05:40-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800209.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-21552aeb-bae2-3d45-baa3-396b3f2795cd/mbid-21552aeb-bae2-3d45-baa3-396b3f2795cd-16381538624_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800209.us.archive.org/16/items/mbid-21552aeb-bae2-3d45-baa3-396b3f2795cd/mbid-21552aeb-bae2-3d45-baa3-396b3f2795cd-16381538624_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough", "track_id": "22f210d0-352f-3ea5-9fcd-2176f5d07b27", "recording_id": "2797d6d2-c735-4b48-ae00-8efbf5393517", "artist": "Michael Jackson", "artist_ids": [ "f27ec8db-af05-4f36-916e-3d57f91ecf5e" ], "album": "Off the Wall", "release_id": "21552aeb-bae2-3d45-baa3-396b3f2795cd", "release_group_id": "ee749c63-5699-38e0-b565-7e84414648d9", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1983-09-06", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In 1978, Jackson starred as the Scarecrow in The Wiz. After the filming, Jackson, who was still a member of The Jacksons, approached the film's musical director, Quincy Jones, to ask if he knew of any producers to help with Jackson's future solo endeavors. Jones suggested himself, and the two began work on Off the Wall.\n\nRIP Quincy Jones", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598606, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598606/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T23:02:24-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3598605, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598605/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T22:58:14-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "4faa71cd-649a-4417-a6b3-ce742265db23", "artist": "Nirvana", "artist_ids": [ "5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da" ], "album": "Heart Shaped Box, Volume 2", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "bcbe3ddf-7901-315c-8282-f0e9d5b88285", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1994-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598604, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598604/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T22:55:33-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802907.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-62f2f224-3b1b-4320-98db-65a6e8a7589a/mbid-62f2f224-3b1b-4320-98db-65a6e8a7589a-3352547867_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802907.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-62f2f224-3b1b-4320-98db-65a6e8a7589a/mbid-62f2f224-3b1b-4320-98db-65a6e8a7589a-3352547867_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I Wanna Be Sedated", "track_id": "21b850fa-1b5a-3a2c-af92-f3233374afc7", "recording_id": "1a8017f5-7400-48a4-b7ce-24aa89b91c05", "artist": "Ramones", "artist_ids": [ "d6ed7887-a401-47a8-893c-34b967444d26" ], "album": "Anthology: Hey Ho, Let’s Go!", "release_id": "62f2f224-3b1b-4320-98db-65a6e8a7589a", "release_group_id": "0f97f908-b285-3629-83b6-10992fd0d568", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "1999-07-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The song, it turns out, was written by Joey Ramone and he recalled its composition: “It’s a road song. I wrote it in 1977, through the 78. Well, Danny Fields was our first manager and he would work us to death. We would be on the road 360 days a year, and we went over to England, and we were there at Christmas time, and in Christmas time, London shuts down. There’s nothing to do, nowhere to go.” Read the story behind this 1978 song, \"the ultimate boredom anthem\": https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-behind-the-song-i-wanna-be-sedated-the-ramones-ultimate-boredom-anthem/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3598603, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598603/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-31T22:51:36-08:00", "show": 65528, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65528/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Hip Like Junk", "track_id": "4a713e15-9d95-348c-89e3-bd036781e929", "recording_id": "a36920da-0f55-49bd-bebe-56a615bed476", "artist": "7 Year Bitch", "artist_ids": [ "91d06612-5c1e-4278-b40b-b6ce22dc9bb4" ], "album": "¡Viva Zapata!", "release_id": "f36d8ca5-df31-4f0a-8b30-644dd61c9874", "release_group_id": "cf569f00-4afc-3450-bf61-ef8f5010da13", "labels": [ "C/Z Records" ], "label_ids": [ "33dfa786-f682-47fc-897b-8de6aa686673" ], "release_date": "1994-06-28", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "7 Year Bitch was an American punk rock band from Seattle, Washington that was active between 1990 and 1997. 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