Play Public List
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/?format=api&offset=78940&ordering=-airdate
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The four core band members were Tom Coppola (Hammond organ, Allen organ, piano), John Siegler (bass), Mark Rosengarden (drums), and Googie Coppola (piano, vocals). The album also featured Randy Brecker on trumpet, Michael Brecker on saxophone, Barry Rogers on trombone, David Earle Johnson on congas and timbales, Robert Kogel on guitar, Bob Rosengarden on vibes, plus Jan Hammer and Herbie Mann on percussion. Herbie Mann was also the producer.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564320, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564320/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:54:14-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/57bd9879-4658-49d2-86a2-3219091a79a2/10401582792-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/57bd9879-4658-49d2-86a2-3219091a79a2/10401582792-250.jpg", "song": "Feel the Spirit", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b4ca88a6-abef-4ccf-a2ce-05a82782a465", "artist": "Heaven & Earth", "artist_ids": [ "74392f30-2b4b-46ac-b5e2-84912aef3aaa" ], "album": "Refuge", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "623884d1-2e42-4404-b022-d5d6d354576a", "labels": [ "Ovation Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1973-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Folk female duo Heaven & Earth released \"Feel the Spirit\" on their 1973 album Refuge with Ovation Records.\nHeaven & Earth was Patricia Gefell - Guitar, and Jo D. Andrews - Vocals.\nThe duo formed in 1969 in Pennsylvania, moving on to New York and existing through regional touring until their dissolution in 1974.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564319, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564319/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:51:02-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Organized", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Mugo", "artist_ids": [ "89eb4e7f-2de3-486d-9933-fa1647cb1cc0" ], "album": "7\" 45 RPM", "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": "Funk/soul outfit Mugo released \"Organized\" sometime in the mid-70s.\n\nThe song, written by Reuben McNair Jr., is a vocal response to urban blues. More recent reissues of Mugo's work, including \"Organized\" remixed by Kenny Dope, have been released by Kay-Dee Records.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564318, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564318/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:45:23-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3564317, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564317/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:42:18-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Damph F'Aint'", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a6b64963-cfb5-4b9d-9800-9d4962694072", "artist": "The Herb Johnson Settlement", "artist_ids": [], "album": "7\" 45 RPM", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Toxan Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1972-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The Herb Johnson Settlement released \"Damph F'Aint'\" and a cover of Carole King's \"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow\" as a b-side in 1972.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564316, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564316/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:39:52-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Can We Rap", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "c98bdaaa-f238-444d-9e33-156cce29753b", "artist": "Carleen & The Groovers", "artist_ids": [], "album": "7\" 45 RPM", "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": "Carleen & The Groovers released their most famous song \"Can We Rap\" along with b-side \"Right On\" in the early 70s. \n\nCarleen & The Groovers were a Columbia, South Carolina deep funk band led by drummer Carleen Butler. Clary Butler, the group's trumpeter, started his career with Wilson Pickett before forming the Groovers with his sister in 1970.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564315, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564315/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:36:35-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7286f682-bf97-4c3c-a160-bda10f1dc636/38159103808-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7286f682-bf97-4c3c-a160-bda10f1dc636/38159103808-250.jpg", "song": "Soul Freedom", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "8638a646-b9b5-479c-8eb9-fc5771b10769", "artist": "Ray & His Court", "artist_ids": [ "093d05ee-4076-4eb0-91f4-ebf3da53005f" ], "album": "Ray & His Court", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "d5e286a3-0c80-478d-8c6e-b107bdf2b37d", "labels": [ "Sound Triangle" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1973-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Ray & His Court released \"Soul Freedom\" on their self-titled album in 1973.\n\nThe king of Miami, Florida's Cuban music scene, the late Ray Fernandez, fronted his enormously talented family band which included his wife and two sons. Ray & His Court proved to be a highly influential group on Miami's Latin music scene of the late seventies - the group was highly versatile and easily shifted from Salsa to Cuban funk and even Reggae.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564314, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564314/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:30:07-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ebf08bf7-cc1c-4cf8-b124-75bb535e7d1e/38049708298-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ebf08bf7-cc1c-4cf8-b124-75bb535e7d1e/38049708298-250.jpg", "song": "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "3eb79ebe-709f-4aa3-9a9a-da0877e48492", "artist": "James Brown", "artist_ids": [ "20ff3303-4fe2-4a47-a1b6-291e26aa3438" ], "album": "It’s a New Day - Let a Man Come In", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "9e8cf0eb-8286-4a22-999d-a4f377fcf21d", "labels": [ "Polydor" ], "label_ids": [ "ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2" ], "release_date": "1970-06-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "James Brown originally released \"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose\" as a single in 1969. The song became a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart. \"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose\" appeared as an instrumental on the Ain't It Funky (1970) album, removing Brown's vocals and adding guitar overdubs, while the vocal version was released on It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In (1970).", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564313, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564313/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:28:41-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3564312, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564312/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:25:54-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "There's A New Group In Town", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Breakaway", "artist_ids": [], "album": "7\" 45 RPM", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Golden Eagle Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1977-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Breakaway released \"There's A New Group In Town\" and b-side \"Everybody Loves The Singer\" in 1977 with Golden Eagle Records.\n\nBreakaway consisted of Bill Montgomery, Dale Sweetland, David Taylor, and Kathy Newbry-Taylor.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564311, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564311/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:22:01-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8c435b40-bf5c-4a70-af64-dde87d7cb9b6/36628104495-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8c435b40-bf5c-4a70-af64-dde87d7cb9b6/36628104495-250.jpg", "song": "Because of Eddy", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "cefa8476-0d27-4be2-b672-2866b198d7a9", "artist": "Leon Cook", "artist_ids": [ "ef36e7c3-f6ae-4ba2-9dbc-0b503a4ed56e" ], "album": "Cookin’ With Leon Cook", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "a7a0928b-b79c-4fd0-ad82-e411a0548eb0", "labels": [ "Edmar Records" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1971-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Cleveland-born guitarist Leon Cook released \"Because of Eddy\" on the 1971 album Cookin’ With Leon Cook.\n\nDuring his career, Cook played with Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry, Sonny Stitt, Hank Marr, and organists Richard \"Groove\" Holmes, Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff. Leon Cook died in 2006 at 59 years old.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564310, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564310/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:17:27-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/dee1f517-383a-43ed-b33a-126828e455b7/25865134039-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/dee1f517-383a-43ed-b33a-126828e455b7/25865134039-250.jpg", "song": "Shifting Gears", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Johnny “Hammond” Smith", "artist_ids": [ "af8a8ede-2c56-469e-9069-463218595f85" ], "album": "Gears", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e199f355-ed97-381b-969c-812363186252", "labels": [ "Milestone" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1975-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jazz keyboardist Johnny \"Hammond\" Smith released \"Shifting Gears\" in the 1975 album Gears, produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell with the Milestone label.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564309, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564309/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:14:42-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3564308, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564308/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:11:13-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/cfcb4c89-32cb-4f2f-9f4b-3cc2c7b8db7f/27322844365-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/cfcb4c89-32cb-4f2f-9f4b-3cc2c7b8db7f/27322844365-250.jpg", "song": "Hit or Miss", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "97457dec-b8aa-463c-9551-177971c91562", "artist": "Bo Diddley", "artist_ids": [ "bf659d74-0b61-488c-8a7d-594f43bed9e0" ], "album": "Big Bad Bo", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "77f55ee4-b34a-388e-8354-b622d0b38bc9", "labels": [ "Universal Music Special Markets" ], "label_ids": [ "8aa8f64b-55a1-48db-b124-44fcba58836f" ], "release_date": "1974-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Bo Diddley originally released \"Hit or Miss\" on his first self-titled album in 1962 and included the track on his 1974 album Big Bad Bo.\n\nDiddley was \"a guitarist so iconic there’s a beat named after him.\" Here's the Rock Hall's feature on \"The Originator\": https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bo-diddley\n--\n\"Hit or Miss' was sampled on De La Soul's hit \"Buddy.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564307, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564307/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:07:35-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Stonedage", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b202f744-952e-4360-b4c6-e89ec756baeb", "artist": "Fein", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Pollution", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1971-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Fein released \"Stonedage\" as a b-side to \"Pollution\" in 1971 with Epic Records.\nFein was comprised of Brazillian guitarist Gay Vaquer and Brazillian singer Jane Duboc.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564306, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564306/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:03:55-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Midnight Theme", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Manzel", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Sugar Dreams / Midnight Theme", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b1e4bc5d-f250-40f4-9ced-fdacf797f356", "labels": [ "Fraternity" ], "label_ids": [ "8da18280-b4ab-4ec8-be5e-270205cb764e" ], "release_date": "1979-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Manzel released \"Midnight Theme\" and b-side \"Sugar Dreams\" in 1979 with the Fraternity label.\n\nA very, very obscure instrumental funk group from the mid-'70s, Manzel would find much fame decades later once numerous hip-hop producers sampled the drum intro from \"Midnight Theme\" and, in turn, sent breakbeat collectors scurrying for copies of the original record. During their heyday, Manzel didn't amount to anything more than a pair of 45 rpm singles for the independent Fraternity Records. It was only later, during the '90s, that the group attained notoriety. The drum intro from \"Midnight Theme\" -- the A-side of the second of the group's two 45s -- was sampled numerous times, and quite famously at that: most gloriously by Prince Paul (on De La Soul's \"Plug Tunin',\" from the trio's classic 3 Feet High and Rising album), and later by DJ Muggs (on Cypress Hill's breakthrough single, \"How I Could Just Kill a Man\") and RZA (on Ghostface Killah's debut single, \"Winter Warz\").\n\nMembers of Manzel were Larry Van Dyke, Manzel Bush, and Steve Garner.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3564305, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564305/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-12T19:00:33-07:00", "show": 64818, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64818/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" } ] }
