Play Public List
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GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=660
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Their music is a fusion of soul, jazz, funk, Afrobeat and Latin-American styles. I see that derek also played this in 2021! Go figure lol\n\nhttp://www.souljazzorchestra.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545181, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545181/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T19:00:54-07:00", "show": 64396, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64396/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "N.E.P.A.", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "18eef675-9989-4cce-8e8f-6c2f621dbc52", "artist": "Tony Allen", "artist_ids": [ "ea524cc6-191a-4c05-ab88-3bb5c0880ca5" ], "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": "RIP to the co-creator of AfroBeat! Derek Played this song off cassette like 20 years ago lol!\n--\n As the drummer for Fela Kuti’s revolutionary Africa 70, Allen’s polyrhythmic drumming defined Afrobeat, combining American Jazz and Nigerian Highlife to animate one of the most iconic performers of all time. Over the course of Allen’s tenure with the group, and later as a solo artist, he would continue to relentlessly innovate, incorporating new sounds and working with scores of contemporaries. His contributions as an artist and cultural ambassador left an indelible impact on every genre of popular music, from Techno to Jazz to Rock and Hip-Hop. Tony Allen’s music stands as an ongoing testament to the interconnected musical relationships and dialogues across the African diaspora, and their lasting influence on how we listen.\nhttps://www.jazzisdead.com/tonyallen", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545180, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545180/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:56:49-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802908.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-ccaf53f9-57d0-44eb-91cf-9b899d0f57a6/mbid-ccaf53f9-57d0-44eb-91cf-9b899d0f57a6-41471769348_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802908.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-ccaf53f9-57d0-44eb-91cf-9b899d0f57a6/mbid-ccaf53f9-57d0-44eb-91cf-9b899d0f57a6-41471769348_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Crash", "track_id": "91226a1d-0ab2-43d2-913a-c7ef3090f406", "recording_id": "c09e0ded-e6b0-49a6-b16a-fc1cee0347fd", "artist": "Saba & No ID feat. 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The ’70s Punk Rebellion", "release_id": "064e7db2-706a-36fc-a7cc-257d7b2bfc1d", "release_group_id": "cb56519f-2b82-3433-b51e-37af917a875a", "labels": [ "Rhino" ], "label_ids": [ "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4" ], "release_date": "2003-10-28", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The song is widely believed to be about heroin. \"A fantastic song with an amazing guitar line,\" enthused Tim Wheeler of Northern Irish rock band Ash. \"It took me a long time to figure out that it's about drugs – not a girl from another planet – and that space travel is a metaphor for being high. It was Peter Perrett's heroin-heavy drawl that eventually gave it away.\" \n\nIn an interview in 2015 Perrett declared that the song has been actually inspired by a girl and that it is not about heroin, nevertheless admitting that he always enjoyed \"writing ambiguous lyrics that could be taken on two or three different levels.\" https://bit.ly/3Y2qWjE", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545177, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545177/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:47:35-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia802306.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-8c1e9733-3f37-4000-8fb3-dee6df5fd770/mbid-8c1e9733-3f37-4000-8fb3-dee6df5fd770-30560516383_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802306.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-8c1e9733-3f37-4000-8fb3-dee6df5fd770/mbid-8c1e9733-3f37-4000-8fb3-dee6df5fd770-30560516383_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Boys in the Better Land", "track_id": "ebfb988b-c184-4fd3-8b12-3aa8d6cf3836", "recording_id": "3a0a7aad-bef7-4451-ba84-dc62cfc2c076", "artist": "Fontaines D.C.", "artist_ids": [ "fd87acc7-e0a0-4a45-bc2a-d2ab5c10be68" ], "album": "Chequeless Reckless / Boys in the Better Land", "release_id": "8c1e9733-3f37-4000-8fb3-dee6df5fd770", "release_group_id": "37a227e0-1b1f-4848-85f5-d8ce3431096a", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2018-02-23", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Boys in the Better Land is from Fontaines DC's 2019 debut album.\nhttps://fontainesdc.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545176, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545176/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:44:15-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600402.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-664bea8b-f721-36e9-9f61-b9b2794aab51/mbid-664bea8b-f721-36e9-9f61-b9b2794aab51-38894584505_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600402.us.archive.org/26/items/mbid-664bea8b-f721-36e9-9f61-b9b2794aab51/mbid-664bea8b-f721-36e9-9f61-b9b2794aab51-38894584505_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "track_id": "89d2a6e6-e5ca-3009-9422-bddb45a24bcf", "recording_id": "80590a29-6ada-49b9-9a93-2e6f94994705", "artist": "Roy Ayers Ubiquity", "artist_ids": [ "d1501f92-f523-4e95-a787-432875c8d6dc" ], "album": "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "release_id": "664bea8b-f721-36e9-9f61-b9b2794aab51", "release_group_id": "e239229f-0614-3ec6-8b2f-7bf536fee70f", "labels": [ "Polydor" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2" ], "release_date": "1993-07-06", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In this interview, keyboardist Philip Woo (who played keys on this song) opens up about his influences, the artistic hub of Seattle’s Garfield High School, and what keeps him dedicated to music.: https://articles.roland.com/a-few-minutes-with-philip-woo/\n--\nRoy Ayers said about \"Everybody Loves the Sunshine\": “The song changed everything for me. It’s still the last song of my show. People always join in and it’s been sampled over 100 times [Note--now more than 200 times], by everyone from Dr Dre to Pharrell Williams. It seems to capture every generation. Everybody loves the sunshine – except Dracula.”", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545175, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545175/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:41:18-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600902.us.archive.org/19/items/mbid-73493e9a-9789-432e-b643-8735a7a72e9f/mbid-73493e9a-9789-432e-b643-8735a7a72e9f-42630765323_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720706.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-73493e9a-9789-432e-b643-8735a7a72e9f/mbid-73493e9a-9789-432e-b643-8735a7a72e9f-42630765323_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Green Eyed", "track_id": "ac7d3f25-9183-4d3d-9b84-720b0cecf703", "recording_id": "0be2c11a-2bab-446b-a9d4-9934109318f6", "artist": "CARRTOONS feat. 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His group Oh Sees (aka Thee Oh Sees, OCS, The Oh Sees, etc) have transmogrified to fit many a moment - from hushed druggy folk to groovy demonic pop chants to science fictional krautrock expanse and beyond - to suit his omnivorous whims.\n\nhttps://apbband.bandcamp.com/album/something-to-believe-in", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545170, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545170/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:28:19-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3545169, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545169/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:25:23-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c75303a7-79ea-4cbc-aa0f-11c63a4ba82c/35971780951-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c75303a7-79ea-4cbc-aa0f-11c63a4ba82c/35971780951-250.jpg", "song": "I’m Gonna Make It Allright", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a94713f1-df2e-4926-8d48-0bd772729d90", "artist": "Paul Pena", "artist_ids": [ "58ba1601-bb11-4385-ae35-a373c9e018e9" ], "album": "Paul Pena", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6b24429c-7fae-3615-81a3-8bcd29d8eb0c", "labels": [ "Big Pink" ], "label_ids": [ "c4316b82-561b-4eff-933d-c923cb90608e" ], "release_date": "1971-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "From Paul Pena's self-titled debut album. Pena was born in MA in 1950, he spoke Cape Verdean Creole with his family growing up, and learned the music, as well as studying flamenco when he lived briefly in Spain and Portugal, and learning Tuvan throat singing ; came to wider attention when he was featured in the film Genghis Blues: https://www.genghisblues.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545168, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545168/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:22:44-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia601904.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-b65cfcb5-9a09-4902-8c27-caced55b204d/mbid-b65cfcb5-9a09-4902-8c27-caced55b204d-42100891896_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720706.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b65cfcb5-9a09-4902-8c27-caced55b204d/mbid-b65cfcb5-9a09-4902-8c27-caced55b204d-42100891896_thumb250.jpg", "song": "E.B.I.T.D.A.", "track_id": "9f81686f-f9f6-4a71-9df6-b6fd96934e1d", "recording_id": "978d6081-6cd6-4f55-83d7-feb41f2603d3", "artist": "Clipse & Pharrell Williams", "artist_ids": [ "149f91ef-1287-46da-9a8e-87fee02f1471", "e6424fa5-08d3-41c6-96f3-8549f733708c" ], "album": "Let God Sort Em Out", "release_id": "b65cfcb5-9a09-4902-8c27-caced55b204d", "release_group_id": "18cdc08c-03a1-4e55-9624-b7f9dbb968f5", "labels": [ "Roc Nation Distribution" ], "label_ids": [ "a9126a7c-9d19-4a2f-ba44-8a9a582b8ed0" ], "release_date": "2025-07-11", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New from Clipse & Pharrel Williams with rave reviews! \n\n\"Scathing disses, star guests, inspired Pharrell beats and great lines from chilling to laugh-out-loud: the duo’s first album since 2009 is so much more than the drama around it\", writes the Guardian's Alexis Petridis who had this as his pick of the week. \n\nVideo:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWo-lFR6R5E", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545167, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545167/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:21:16-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3545166, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545166/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:16:55-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia800209.us.archive.org/23/items/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8-1606761051_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800209.us.archive.org/23/items/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8/mbid-3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8-1606761051_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Where I’m From", "track_id": "d6720a94-38d0-3bb2-9224-055e7645c188", "recording_id": "11e1c34c-bec3-41c9-92a3-ee94b8a712e7", "artist": "Digable Planets", "artist_ids": [ "ff44f779-74ab-48f8-aac3-39ebe8f7c18e" ], "album": "Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)", "release_id": "3821e35f-c925-442c-9655-da06d8d34ac8", "release_group_id": "2836fcb0-2fd3-3de8-b7cc-53141d666894", "labels": [ "Pendulum Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c3ab5351-dd5f-4536-8bf5-9927a080b507" ], "release_date": "1993-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Digable Planets (including original member + PNW artist Ishmael Butler) will be at Bumbershoot in Seattle on 8/31. https://bumbershoot.com/music/digable-planets/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3545165, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545165/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-08-26T18:11:58-07:00", "show": 64395, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64395/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia904600.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-82ad4395-aab9-4fb5-9610-a6a66a355b1e/mbid-82ad4395-aab9-4fb5-9610-a6a66a355b1e-31075816139_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia904600.us.archive.org/30/items/mbid-82ad4395-aab9-4fb5-9610-a6a66a355b1e/mbid-82ad4395-aab9-4fb5-9610-a6a66a355b1e-31075816139_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Music De Carneval", "track_id": "6809851f-c96e-4ecc-b5dc-65da9c1824d6", "recording_id": "926a0586-593f-494b-9461-dbb10661120a", "artist": "Magdy El Hossainy", "artist_ids": [ "a2474eaf-740e-4ecf-bdbc-da01bd1f9e5c" ], "album": "Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2", "release_id": "82ad4395-aab9-4fb5-9610-a6a66a355b1e", "release_group_id": "5447976f-a7be-48df-a8a5-01c66bb7eed9", "labels": [ "Habibi Funk" ], "label_ids": [ "cdecb6d1-ba2d-452d-94f7-b80bf777359e" ], "release_date": "2021-08-06", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Magdy El Hossainy was an Egyptian keyboardist who played with several Egyptian bands throughout his musical career. 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