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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.

Margaret Glaspy – You and I

Lt Dan Buckley here with my American Music Water DJ pick for this week. It's Margaret Glaspy's, "You and I". She'll release her debut...

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood perform Forever is the Moon and California...

Chris Robinson and Neal Casal stop by the ONErpm studio before their show tonight at Cannery Ballroom.  Dan chats with the guys about recording...

The Wind and The Wave perform Happiness is Not A Place...

Dwight Baker and Patricia Lynn of The Wind and The Wave stopped by the ONErpm studio right before they performed with Butch Walker.  Dan chats...

Carl Broemel performs Sleepy Lagoon and In The Dark [video]

Carl Broemel is best known as the guitarist for My Morning Jacket, a band whose festival-ready rock music has been on Lightning 100 for...

Road to Roo – Round 1

Congratulations to OJR, Heavy Sole, Roots of a Rebellion and Jess Nolan for winning round 1 of #RoadToRoo presented by Bmi-Broadcast Music and Nashville...

BONNAROO 2016 – DAY 3 [PHOTOS]

It was a hot day on day 3 of Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.  We still made it out to see Anderson East, Margaret Glaspy,...

Republican Hair Performs Birthday Suit

Local artist of the week Republican Hair visited the ONErpm studio to perform their little ditty "Birthday Suit" off their EP I Don't Care. Front man...

Summer NAMM: The Aquaducks – Interview & Performance

Lightning 100 and Casio America, Inc. teamed up on June 23rd and 24th to broadcast live from 2016 Summer NAMM convention here in Nashville....

Civil Twilight – Full Set at Nashville Sunday Night

%CODE1% Originally hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Civil Twilight started as a trio that drew parallels with The Police and very early U2, Muse, Jeff Buckley and Radiohead. The now four-piece rock band, consisting of...

CRX – Ways to Fake It

Lt Dan Buckley here with my DJ pick for this week. It's new music from The Strokes guitarist Nikolai Fraiture. His new band CRX rocks....

Adia Victoria – Beyond the Blood Hounds [Album Preview]

%CODE1% Pre-Order "Beyond The Bloodhounds", available May 13th, http://smarturl.it/BeyondTheBloodhounds.  Adia Victoria will be headlining Lightning 100's Thunderground on May 5th at Basement East. %CODE2% Directed by Michael...

Escondido performs Apartment and covers Purple Rain by Prince

Escondido stopped by WRLT on a very sad day. On April 22 2016, The Artist Formally Known As Prince was found dead in his estate...

Lightning 100’s Block Party 2016

Rain never stopped our fans.  Lightning 100 packed our parking lot with our listeners for our first block party of 2016!  Check out some...

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...

Music Band – Day Stealer

Adam here! I'm going local with my pick today: check out Music Band's "Day Stealer." ‪#‎L100DJPicks‬ %CODE1% Music Band is the kind of group that restores a...

Caveman – Never Going Back

Lt Dan Buckley here with my American Music Water DJ pick for this week. It's a new track I think you'll like from Caveman....

Firekid – Full Set at Nashville Sunday Night on 7/24/16

A night with Firekid can be full of great surprises. His widely known reputation lies in bluegrass, where he won the national flat-picking competition...

Thao and The Get Down Stay Down – Nobody Dies

Lt Dan Buckley here with my dj pick for this week. It's new music from San Francisco's Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The new...

Josh Ritter Secret Show at Third Man Records

Josh Ritter performs a secret show for a few lucky fans at Third Man Records.  Watch an acoustic performance of "Monster Ballads", "Cumberland", and...

Birdtalker – Heavy

Morning DJ Adam Culver has really been digging on the local group Birdtalker. His DJ pick this week is their new single "Heavy" from their upcoming...