Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=5380&ordering=-airdate
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Check it out wherever you get your podcasts!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639952, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639952/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T16:06:12-07:00", "show": 66409, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66409/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721802.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e252c4b5-9bf2-4109-8e26-d1d9ad06c6f9/mbid-e252c4b5-9bf2-4109-8e26-d1d9ad06c6f9-43221985537_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721802.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-e252c4b5-9bf2-4109-8e26-d1d9ad06c6f9/mbid-e252c4b5-9bf2-4109-8e26-d1d9ad06c6f9-43221985537_thumb250.jpg", "song": "This Is the Place", "track_id": "89683280-f9cf-4bd3-9529-998d202f0581", "recording_id": "8797be8f-340b-4175-b015-85efd59cc85e", "artist": "Joshua Idehen", "artist_ids": [ "3fc0070f-6b5b-4fc3-b5d3-afc87c80354a" ], "album": "I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got to Try.", "release_id": "e252c4b5-9bf2-4109-8e26-d1d9ad06c6f9", "release_group_id": "39c4632c-621e-4207-afa6-48e74166399a", "labels": [ "Heavenly Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "696ee2f4-c486-4e7a-80f4-cfd85193677a" ], "release_date": "2026-03-06", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Joshua Idehen is a British-born Nigerian based in Sweden. A spoken word artist, musician and facilitator, he has contributed poems to Mercury-nominated albums Channel by The Comet Is Coming, Your Queen Is A Reptile and the Mobo-winning Black To The Future, both by Sons of Kemet.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639951, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639951/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T16:02:39-07:00", "show": 66409, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66409/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711306.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0f2488f9-2fcb-4ad4-a14b-0a453d489808/mbid-0f2488f9-2fcb-4ad4-a14b-0a453d489808-4699440603_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711306.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0f2488f9-2fcb-4ad4-a14b-0a453d489808/mbid-0f2488f9-2fcb-4ad4-a14b-0a453d489808-4699440603_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Needle to the Groove", "track_id": "7b095d63-5a48-3a1a-90d8-b06104d50bfb", "recording_id": "e81333c8-7c89-4f0b-9895-e740b7912abf", "artist": "Mantronix", "artist_ids": [ "2d09279c-a477-4c45-8df7-fe91dd7a59f8" ], "album": "The Album", "release_id": "0f2488f9-2fcb-4ad4-a14b-0a453d489808", "release_group_id": "5b184b26-ade2-3bb0-b268-d5e781a53ed6", "labels": [ "Sleeping Bag Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d3e5290b-c07f-420e-ae33-b9bd05780219" ], "release_date": "1985-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Among other samples, Beck's \"Where It's At\" contains samples of \"Needle to the Groove\" \n\n\"Mantronix, one of the most innovative hip-hop acts of all time, was founded by Kurtis el Khaleel, who was born in Jamaica, though his family soon moved to Canada and ended up in New York by the late 1970s. During high school, Khaleel wanted to be in a band but couldn't find anyone who wanted to be in a band with him, so he bought a Roland TR-606 drum machine and a Roland TB-303 bass machine, and mastered them quickly. Taking the stage name Mantronik (although some sources claim he was born with that name), he soon began DJing around the city and was working behind the decks at Manhattan's Downtown Records when he met Haitian-born MC Tee, (Touré Embden).\" The rest is history!: https://www.discogs.com/artist/3165-Mantronix", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639950, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639950/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:59:00-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fbece82b-be92-4873-bd97-3a996d7b0e2b/5796172853-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fbece82b-be92-4873-bd97-3a996d7b0e2b/5796172853-250.jpg", "song": "Where It's At (edit)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "e026da8e-0f96-4494-a311-844bfd97fd0c", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Where It's At", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "cf6788a3-733e-3ae9-9009-06b788ed3115", "labels": [ "Geffen Records" ], "label_ids": [ "0fadc2ce-f7de-4e27-bbe6-612b317e716b" ], "release_date": "1996-06-17", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“I wish I had more confidence. I think that’s probably my Achilles’ heel. If I had more, I probably would have felt emboldened to make more interesting music earlier on, or really go for it in an artistic or songwriting sense.” --Beck\n--\nHere's the official music video for \"Where It's At\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfmNxKLDG4", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639949, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639949/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:56:06-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Get Out of My Life, Woman", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d3a8e11e-9654-4bdb-b963-eb10e0d5dd1d", "artist": "Lee Dorsey", "artist_ids": [ "23388f69-9c11-44a6-b832-b9071db3423e" ], "album": "Working in a Coalmine", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "cef0a320-3f79-323a-a4cc-6069d7fb10ad", "labels": [ "Charly Records" ], "label_ids": [ "a754ad77-2842-4ed4-a6e7-fb6b1fdc7f40" ], "release_date": "1991-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Get Out of My Life, Woman\" is a song written by Allen Toussaint and first recorded by Lee Dorsey. Di you know that it's been sampled at least 260 times, including by Beck for \"Where It's At\"?", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639946, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639946/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:53:02-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710302.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-804b7f78-0bbc-3479-887a-ab28390357d4/mbid-804b7f78-0bbc-3479-887a-ab28390357d4-4507123240_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710302.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-804b7f78-0bbc-3479-887a-ab28390357d4/mbid-804b7f78-0bbc-3479-887a-ab28390357d4-4507123240_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Devils Haircut", "track_id": "2f7d4bc9-f12b-3791-9f60-5de4798412d7", "recording_id": "b218b076-2ac7-476f-a749-ff0a774f10b1", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Odelay", "release_id": "804b7f78-0bbc-3479-887a-ab28390357d4", "release_group_id": "df0bfd42-78a9-40c3-a45f-a12e10d446f8", "labels": [ "Geffen Records", "Bong Load Custom Records" ], "label_ids": [ "0fadc2ce-f7de-4e27-bbe6-612b317e716b", "b41ac8e4-c575-44df-a544-40ad84723ff3" ], "release_date": "1996-06-17", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The main riff for this song is from \"I Can Only Give You Everything\" by Them, a band led by a young Van Morrison in 1965. The drums in the chorus and drum breaks come from Pretty Purdie’s “Soul Drums”. \n--\nHere are the credits for this song: Lead Vocals: Beck Slide Guitar: Beck Bass Guitar: Beck Drums: Beck Percussion: Beck Harmonica: Beck Celesta: Beck Electric Piano: Beck Keyboard: Beck Clavinet: Beck Organ: Beck (Oh, Beck produced and mixed the song, too.)\n--\nSee the official music video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3rBVb3v4g", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639947, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639947/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:50:20-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7f4c1149-302e-35bb-b50f-fb92de3d52ed/26744423962-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7f4c1149-302e-35bb-b50f-fb92de3d52ed/26744423962-250.jpg", "song": "I Can Only Give You Everything", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "01edb1e6-4f4b-4964-b14b-b5633d88a24d", "artist": "Them", "artist_ids": [ "dbd8e1e8-b3d5-4c5f-9343-bbe5e86380a6" ], "album": "Them Again", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "50a4e709-e207-3692-87c9-6a3157f84b61", "labels": [ "Decca Records" ], "label_ids": [ "f18f3b31-8263-4de3-966a-fda317492d3d" ], "release_date": "1966-01-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck sampled the hook from this song for \"Devil's Haircut.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639945, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639945/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:48:46-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7f4c1149-302e-35bb-b50f-fb92de3d52ed/26744423962-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7f4c1149-302e-35bb-b50f-fb92de3d52ed/26744423962-250.jpg", "song": "Out of Sight", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0cd87002-9e9f-46c6-8050-a66e57a8247f", "artist": "Them", "artist_ids": [ "dbd8e1e8-b3d5-4c5f-9343-bbe5e86380a6" ], "album": "Them Again", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "50a4e709-e207-3692-87c9-6a3157f84b61", "labels": [ "Parrot" ], "label_ids": [ "8bfb75e3-96a6-4b24-a65a-67049293fb4c" ], "release_date": "1966-01-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Van Morrison and Them are covering James Brown's 1964 song. Beck sampled the hook for his song \"Devil's Haircut.\" ((Beck also sampled Them's song \"I Can Only Give You Everything\" for \"Devil's Haircut.\")", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639944, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639944/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:47:43-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Que me vas a decir", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "2b7df7e4-62f1-4947-8a37-6ef545666335", "artist": "La Portuaria", "artist_ids": [ "c9c3157e-35e6-4888-9970-3b9771f13197" ], "album": "La vaca atada", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "610f62f1-3fd8-474d-bee5-b2eddf0a4051", "labels": [ "Pop Art" ], "label_ids": [ "82027a2f-e2ab-42db-859f-7a4aa5144d00" ], "release_date": "2008-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Que Me Vas a Decir\" contains samples of multiple elements of \"Sexx Laws\" by Beck.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639943, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639943/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:44:28-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/31e68e94-499d-4603-bec4-8a5d88b036a3/37275503856-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/31e68e94-499d-4603-bec4-8a5d88b036a3/37275503856-250.jpg", "song": "Sexx Laws", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "30583afb-ce5b-4dac-9d22-ef2928b70bd5", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Sexx Laws", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "aaac33f8-3861-3eaa-b458-ff3e8809dc54", "labels": [ "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1999-10-19", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck: \"We like to call it boogaloo rather than funk. It's inspired by the '60s British TV style. You know, where you have this really over-active bassline like some guy's popped a couple of pills and just really gone for it? There is a black 70s element, but it's not quite laid back enough. Oh there's nothing laid back about 'Sexxlaws'.\"\n--\n\"Sexx Laws\" itself is a song that was built from one of Beck's on-stage ad-libs: \"I wanna defy the logic of all sexx laws\" was an occasional war-cry during some concerts during the end of 1997 and 1998.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639939, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639939/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:39:57-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721604.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c-43096301269_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721604.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c/mbid-53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c-43096301269_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Get Real Paid", "track_id": "73d60106-9920-3260-b5fb-fa88e344926a", "recording_id": "0cd70fc3-7ed9-44ac-a3bd-4224194c8f36", "artist": "Beck", "artist_ids": [ "309c62ba-7a22-4277-9f67-4a162526d18a" ], "album": "Midnite Vultures", "release_id": "53014f5f-355a-4bf3-aeab-70be7b6bb97c", "release_group_id": "4c5cd9dc-31b5-32b1-bd11-57081e83f8bb", "labels": [ "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1999-11-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song samples both the 1981 track 'Home Computer' (by Kraftwerk) and the 1977 jazz-funk track 'Crab Apple' (by Idris Muhammad) The song also features back up vocals from Valerie Pinkston, an LA-based singer with an A-list roster of collaborations. https://www.beck.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639941, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639941/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:38:38-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "", 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"location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3639936, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639936/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-09T15:33:53-07:00", "show": 66408, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66408/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f4278a63-d307-4903-9178-800e86cff638/27773271121-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f4278a63-d307-4903-9178-800e86cff638/27773271121-250.jpg", "song": "Far East Mississippi", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8286939e-c487-4ed6-bdef-d095596a4812", "artist": "Ohio Players", "artist_ids": [ "81e07550-d0e2-467e-bc71-44b5d52de8f4" ], "album": "Contradiction", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "9260b3dd-d2be-37d0-80bc-cb22781b3456", "labels": [ "Mercury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6" ], "release_date": "1976-05-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Here's a 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"401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68", "release_group_id": "4f8bb33f-9e2d-34dc-8852-5d591cc104d8", "labels": [ "Bong Load Custom Records", "DGC Records" ], "label_ids": [ "b41ac8e4-c575-44df-a544-40ad84723ff3", "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31" ], "release_date": "1994-03-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beck's 1993 hit \"Loser\" primarily samples the drum track from Johnny Jenkins' 1970 cover of \"I Walk on Guilded Splinters\". 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On a visit to Macon, Hendrix had noted the flamboyance of Jenkins' left-handed, upside-down guitar playing and realized that showmanship, like playing the guitar behind the head, was a very good gimmick.\n--\nHere's an obituary for the flamboyant guitarist who died in 2006: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/16/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
