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In 2016 the Belcourt Theater finally reopened after going through major renovations and the band Coast Modern played Lightning’s Nashville Sunday Night. 

 

In the year 2016, Drake’s album Views sold over 4 million copies, well that same year Local Natives, Shovels and Rope, and Oh Wonder were among some of the artists that came to perform live in studio.

Live On The Green featuring Andra Day, Allen Stone and White...

Lightning 100 kicks off the first Live On The Green Music Festival of 2016 with Andra Day, Allen Stone and White Denim.  Who are...

SCOTS perform Dirt Road And Freak Flag [video]

Southern Culture on the Skids or SCOTS for short, play a dazzling mix of upbeat rock, R&B and punk styles. They stopped by the...

The Palms perform Push Off and Breakin’ Up [video]

Johnny Zambetti and Ben Rothbard are The Palms, an indie pop duo from Los Angeles that have been climbing the viral charts. Over a...

Arkells – Full Set Live at Nashville Sunday Night

Forming out of the mid-2000s Canadian indie-rock Renaissance, Arkells originally delivered angsty lyrical themes of working class frustrations paired with the musical sensibilities of...

Best of Jed’s Writers Night – October 2016 [photos]

Check out some of our favorite singer/songwriters we’ve met at Jed's Sports Bar & Grille including Tammy Sue Taylor, Callie Hopper, Greg Oliveras, Victoria...

Festivus 2016 [Photos]

Happy #L100Festivus! We hope you got your tickets to this SOLD OUT Seinfeld-themed charity show featuring Third Eye Blind, Colony House, and Barns Courtney...

Cody Huggins – See For Days

As Southern Americana continues to grow, local artist of the week, Cody Huggins is firing on all cylinders. Being both solid in the craft...

Jill Andrews – Cannibal

Lt Dan here! Hope you all are having a great week so far. My DJ pick this week is Nashville’s very own Jill Andrews...

Cody Huggins performs See for Days and I’m Gone [audio]

Local artist of the week, Cody Huggins debuts a few live tracks on 100.1 FM!  He joins Ana Lee on air to chat about...

Unplugged 4/10/16

It's Ana Lee here with more rare live cuts from my Unplugged playlist! Check out Aaron Lee Tasjan Live in Lightning 100's Studio and...

Saint Motel video debut You Can Be You (360 Virtualizer)

You first heard "My Type" by Saint Motel off their self-titled debut in 2014.  Saint Motel's upcoming album saintmotelelevsion is schedule to release on...

Bonnaroo Instax Wide Photos 2016

Lightning 100 had a little fun at Bonnaroo with our FujiFilm Instax Wide 300 camera.  Want to see who came into the studio?  Check...

Amos Lee Secret Show [audio]

%CODE1% Amos Lee, one of our favorite artists here at Lightning 100, performed a secret show live in the Lightning 100 studio for a few...

Forecastle Festival Lineup 2017

FORECASTLE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INITIAL 2017 LINEUP LCD Soundsystem, Weezer and Odesza Top the Weekend’s Bill Cage the Elephant, PJ Harvey, Run the Jewels, Nathaniel Rateliff and...
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Unplugged 4/3/16

Ana Lee here with your weekly Unplugged playlist! You don't want to miss all of these great Live in the Lightning 100 Studio performances...

Jasmin Kaset – Full Set at Nashville Sunday Night on 9/11/16

Many know Jasmin Kaset as a member of the duo, Birdcloud, but tonight, she flew solo and she did an amazing job. The opening act...

Jon Latham covers Another Chance and Dead Flowers [audio]

We had some local bands cover songs by artists, who were covering artist.  Jon Latham was the only artist to perform back to back...

Caroline Glaser – Wolves

This week's local artist of the week, Nashville-based Caroline Glaser is an indie-folk artist and songwriter originally hailing from St. Louis. Caroline first developed...

Switchfoot performs Float and Dare You to Move [video]

The members of Switchfoot stopped by the ONErpm studio to debut two new tracks the Where the Light Shines Through.  Switchfoot performs "Float" and "Dare You...

Meet Your Road To Roo Finalists

Congratulations to Kid Freud, OJR, Roots Of A Rebellion and Jess Nolan on making it to the final round of The Road to Roo presented...