2022 Archives – Lightning 100

Music Business Radio: Jack Barton

This week founder/owner of JB Entertainment, Jack Barton, shares with us the experience, insight, and philosophies garnered from his 30-plus years in the industry....

Bre Kennedy Performs “Ribbon” and “Before I Have a Daughter” Live...

Bre Kennedy stopped by the morning show ahead of her Live on the Green performance on Thursday. She played her new track "Ribbon" and debuted...

Intern Picks — Songs in Another Language

Though English continues to dominate the global songwriting industry, other languages will always play a critical role in the world's musical story. This week,...

the615 – 3/21/22

Caroline Spence is our new Local Artist of the Week. Casey also plays tracks from Mountains Like Wax and Julien Baker, Fulton Lee, Transistor,...

Smallpools – “Cameras and Coastlines”: ONErpm Hitmaker Alert

"Cameras and Coastlines" by Smallpools is our next ONErpm Hitmaker Alert. The track is the bands first single since the release of 2021's Life...

Abby Cates + RYMAN – Nashville Sunday Night (11/6/2022)

Nashville based singer-songwriters Abby Cates + RYMAN took the Nashville Sunday Night stage this weekend! RYMAN RYMAN took the stage first with his four-piece power house...

U.S. Girls – “So Typically Now”: Jayson’s DJ Pick of the...

Jayson's DJ Pick this week is, "So Typically Now," from a band out of Toronto, Canada. U.S. Girls' music is crafted by songwriter Meghan...

The Teskey Brothers – “This Will Be Our Year”: Dan’s DJ...

Today, we're spinning "This Will Be Our Year" by The Teskey Brothers as Dan's DJ Pick of the Week! Fresh off the studio, The Teskey...

John Oates Performs “Pushin’ a Rock” and “Sonny Terry & Brownie...

World-famous Nashville-based singer-songwriter John Oats joined us in the Volume.com studio today to play the acoustic versions of a couple of his songs. Oates...

the615 – 8/15/22

This week on the615 Casey introduces our new Local Artist of the week, Sam Johnston. You'll also hear tracks from Between 4th & 5th,...

Music Business Radio: Valerie Day & John Smith

Our guests this week are Valerie Day and John Smith, the husband-and-wife team better known as the hit 80’s Grammy-nominated group, Nu Shooz. Originating...

Holiday Hops 2022 Day 3: Hi-Wire Brewing — Elated Winter IPA

In anticipation of this Saturday's Winter Warmer event in Germantown's Morgan Park, Matt Leff of Rhizome Productions sat down with DJ Stephanie to try...

Intern Picks of the Week- Covers

For this week’s Intern Picks of the Week here at Lightning 100, we decided to highlight some of our favorite cover songs from...

The Nobility – “Cash That Check”: Local Artist of the Week

The Nobility is Lightning 100's Local Artist of the Week! The Nobility is a Nashville-based rock and roll outfit first formed in 2001 under...

Rayland Baxter — “If I Were a Butterfly”: Local Artist of...

This week’s Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week is Rayland Baxter! Stepping outside the boundaries of the Americana sound that earned him thousands of loyal...