Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=56520&ordering=-airdate
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Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a3a69644-fdfd-48ad-9540-0b2f529ff19b", "artist": "Sufjan Stevens", "artist_ids": [ "01d3c51b-9b98-418a-8d8e-37f6fab59d8c" ], "album": "Songs for Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a3cac6e5-1c69-3807-80d3-7380c8539965", "labels": [ "Asthmatic Kitty Records" ], "label_ids": [ "e56c2bce-416f-4ddf-aee0-be2b3eee4067" ], "release_date": "2006-10-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Sufjan Stevens is a multi-disciplinarian and record label owner living and operating in NYC.\n\n\"Recording traditional favorites alongside unique originals, Sufjan has, over the course of five years, constructed an odd, impressive, and compelling collection of Christmas hits (and some misses) that will either warm your heart or make you throw up eggnog all over the bath mat (depending on your constitution).\" https://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com\n\nhttps://asthmatickitty.com/artists/sufjan-stevens/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595274, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595274/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T08:14:09-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "White Christmas", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "2a49e85e-4027-4a74-bbae-9e6c4c166d08", "artist": "The Ventures", "artist_ids": [ "b2cc8903-0077-4bef-8454-ac5cef53d126" ], "album": "The Ventures’ Christmas Album", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "acb7715b-ef68-3398-9e9f-ad65148df7d8", "labels": [ "Real Gone Music, L.L.C." ], "label_ids": [ "03711ab4-4aac-4ee0-8dbb-573e02d45274" ], "release_date": "1965-11-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Straight outta Tacoma! The most popular and influential rock instrumental combo of their day, the Ventures pioneered a sound that anticipated surf music with their emphasis on clean guitar twang and a precise rhythm section that added a punchy kick to their melodies. https://tinyurl.com/yeymr97r", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595273, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595273/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T08:11:55-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Hey Skinny Santa!", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "aa4dc581-2401-47b7-a24f-79e3b5f41f04", "artist": "JD McPherson", "artist_ids": [ "84c7cb93-0622-4b90-8d53-ee2b4650097f" ], "album": "Socks", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d63cc542-c913-4763-a10b-aa6ded086eab", "labels": [ "New West Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c1b263e3-f148-4e85-81a3-c57aefc56797" ], "release_date": "2018-11-02", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Born in rural Buffalo Valley, Oklahoma, in 1977, McPherson grew up listening to a wide array of music, from traditional country and rockabilly to punk and hip-hop. \n\nhttps://jdmcphersonjr.bandcamp.com\nhttps://www.jdmcpherson.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595272, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595272/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T08:08:37-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Father Christmas", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "The Kinks", "artist_ids": [ "17b53d9f-5c63-4a09-a593-dde4608e0db9" ], "album": "Picture Book", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7a80d7c7-94f0-302b-90d9-d5ae4cbe3dae", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1985-10-11", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Their song ‘Father Christmas’ is one of the more unusual tracks from the Kinks’s canon and, especially, from the ream of holiday-focused songs that are annually released. Released in 1977, with a video featuring Ray Davies as the titular character, the song has become a punk classic, often finding its way into the sets of the more ferocious members of the rock and roll set. \n\nRead the story behind the song: https://tinyurl.com/wmh5zjdu", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595271, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595271/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T08:04:34-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Merry Xmas Everbody", "track_id": "1dae702e-2044-325e-b81f-2ed19a755aab", "recording_id": "afa80fae-5f7d-447a-b972-c0ca048787e8", "artist": "Slade", "artist_ids": [ "2e700147-56a3-416b-a95d-381ea42f947f" ], "album": "Get Yer Boots On: The Best of Slade", "release_id": "6a2ff694-cf6b-4982-b1b8-7be73f843d62", "release_group_id": "d7b045c7-1dee-3c12-80e0-67ae43ef6b7a", "labels": [ "Shout! Factory" ], "label_ids": [ "004762a8-6905-4270-b5f8-ceef5fc5bc73" ], "release_date": "2004-03-24", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Requested by Scott in Seattle!\n\nThis festive rock anthem was originally released in 1973 and beat Wizzard's \"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday\" to the coveted number one spot, remaining at the top of the charts until February 1974. Read Slade guitarist Dave Hill's take on what makes the song so enduring 52 years later: https://tinyurl.com/4af9knyk", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595270, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595270/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T08:01:33-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600809.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-c5eb3f7c-38bc-319a-8cc5-24804f2e26da/mbid-c5eb3f7c-38bc-319a-8cc5-24804f2e26da-5951583935_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600809.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-c5eb3f7c-38bc-319a-8cc5-24804f2e26da/mbid-c5eb3f7c-38bc-319a-8cc5-24804f2e26da-5951583935_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "track_id": "3f3d4cda-d7af-34b7-ac4c-52bf5bf3e323", "recording_id": "aba810fc-13ae-4cca-8a8f-a4713da3eb40", "artist": "The Temptations", "artist_ids": [ "d8df96ae-8fcf-4997-b3e6-e5d1aaf0f69e" ], "album": "A Motown Christmas", "release_id": "c5eb3f7c-38bc-319a-8cc5-24804f2e26da", "release_group_id": "2dfe5b60-ad76-378c-a3ad-0c39808659ad", "labels": [ "Motown" ], "label_ids": [ "8e479e57-ef44-490c-b75d-cd28df89bf1b" ], "release_date": "1992-09-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"HEY RUDOLPH!!!\"\n\nOriginally written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story published by Montgomery Ward! In 1939, Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward, and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song\n\nLearn more about the song at Time: https://tinyurl.com/2p89yjf6", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595269, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595269/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:55:50-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3595268, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595268/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:53:09-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "You Won't Have to Wait Till X-Mas", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "da0dd62a-9218-4c87-a9f2-a3c268d9cb30", "artist": "Lee Rogers", "artist_ids": [ "ec1612ef-cd2d-44d9-b779-163735a856c5" ], "album": "Sock Some Love Power To Me: Rare Detroit Soul 1963-1970", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e3c9696f-13e5-4c12-bf51-c51fb0f918c0", "labels": [ "Soul-Tay-Shus" ], "label_ids": [ "1cb87465-f368-4f87-a121-aa08ae6a6c5c" ], "release_date": "2004-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Born Rogers Lee Craton in 1939, Lee Rogers was an American soul singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. Best known for his single \"I Want You To Have Everything\" which peaked at No. 17 on the R&B charts in 1965. He also co-founded the Detroit soul label Gold Top Records. https://www.discogs.com/artist/88909-Lee-Rogers", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595267, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595267/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:49:59-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Santa", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "The Hallmarks", "artist_ids": [ "401e53fe-8c42-423b-8384-e49d29c98903" ], "album": "Paper Sky", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e6421c48-dc74-3cd6-ba2d-9243e3ba18e8", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2007-05-28", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Raymond's brother from another mother.\n\n\"Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Santa\" is a Christmas cover of The Hallmarks own \"Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally\". https://www.recordturnover.com/2019/05/24/the-hallmarks/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595266, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595266/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:47:03-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Swingin' Santa", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Sandy Baron", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Soul Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1995-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Born Sanford Irving Beresofsky, Sandy Baron was an American composer, comedian and actor from Brooklyn, New York, USA.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595265, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595265/?format=api", "airdate": 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Peanuts celebrated it's 75th birthday in October of this year. https://schulzmuseum.org/celebrating-peanuts-online/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595261, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595261/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:34:42-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3595260, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595260/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:31:27-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Santa's Got A Sweet Tooth", "track_id": "6d16a7c2-fd07-4b78-bc06-ac5f63425cb0", "recording_id": "16a1f899-105b-4a1c-8969-fbd807dac84e", "artist": "The Dip", "artist_ids": [ "440d564f-7288-45e2-8449-885d65dc4d33" ], "album": "Santa's Got a Sweet Tooth", "release_id": "749c817c-418c-470b-94f2-db43df0aeeb9", "release_group_id": "9af97b83-7028-4758-b301-559181ff4905", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2018-11-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Hailing from Seattle, The Dip is an electrifying seven-piece ensemble that melds vintage rhythm and blues with classic pop storytelling. \n\nAcclaimed by KEXP as “one of the most exciting and joyous acts to emerge in recent years,” the band features frontman Tom Eddy’s compelling vocals over an effortlessly deep pocket and energetic melodies from the three-piece Honeynut Horns.\n\nhttps://thedip.bandcamp.com/album/santas-got-a-sweet-tooth\nhttps://thedipmusic.com/\n\nWatch them perform LIVE at KEXP back in 2022: https://youtu.be/LROsaTw8FY4?si=YW2vJiL-E0Q_pB4u", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3595259, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595259/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-24T07:28:51-08:00", "show": 65463, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65463/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Xmas Party", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Eddie and the De-Havelons", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Incotixa! 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