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Caroline Spence – “Clean Getaway”: Local Artist of the Week

Caroline Spence is Lightning 100's Local Artist of the Week! Caroline Spence is a local songwriter and vocalist from Charlottesville, Virginia. Starting out her...
Stephen Wilson Jr. live in studio

Stephen Wilson Jr performs “Billy”- Live in the Volume.com Studio

Nashville's own Stephen Wilson Jr. sat down with Jayson and Mel last Thursday in the Volume.com studio for a brief interview. Wilson also gave...

Rachel Baiman live concert at Nashville Sunday Night on 11-26-17

Rachel Baiman’s haunting voice overwhelmed the stage on November 26th at 3rd and Lindsley. This young Americana songwriter and fiddle player played tracks off...

Thunderground featuring *Repeat Repeat, ELEL, Blank Range and Okey Dokey [photos]

Lightning 100 spotlighted some of our favorite up-and-coming local talent at one of our favorite local venues, The Basement East! Check out photos from...

615 Saturday – 5/14/22

Casey kicks off this episode of 615 Saturday with tales of the Tennessee caves. You'll also hear tracks from The Brummies, Arlie, Soccer Mommy,...
Tune in to 100.1 FM and lightning100.com all week to hear “Dogs & Rocks” by Birdtalker, our Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week!

Birdtalker “Dogs & Rocks” – Local Artist of the Week

Lightning 100 announces Birdtalker as this week's Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week! The band’s recent single “Dogs & Rocks” is a unique...

615 Saturday – 4/30/22

Congratulations to our 2022 Music City Mayhem Champion, Taylor Bickett! Casey kicks off this week's episode of 615 Saturday with her track, Just My...

Drugstore Cowboy – “In A Bind” Local Artist of the Week

This week's local artist of the week comes from Drugstore Cowboy and their new song "In A Bind." This tune is their newest single...

Kara Frazier “Love Someone” – Local Artist of the Week

Lightning 100 is excited to announce Kara Frazier as our Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week with her song “Love Someone”! Rooted in Southern soul and...

Darrin Bradbury – The Trouble With Time (feat. Margo Price)

Local artist of the week Darrin Bradbury writes real American music about real American life. As a self-proclaimed “folk satirist” Bradbury tells his oddball...

The Daybreaks – Panic

We've been lucky enough to have Nashville indie supergroup The Daybreaks as our local artist of the week in the past, so we are...

Thunderground featuring Sad Baxter, Airpark, Whistle and the Bells, and Jonny...

Our Thunderground showcase at The Basement East continues to spotlight some of our favorite up-and-coming local talent! Check out photos from out last show featuring Sad...

Nightly “like i do” – ONErpm Hitmaker Alert

Our ONErpm Hitmaker this week is Nightly with their new song "like i do" from their upcoming album, Wear Your Heart Out, due out...

The Steel Woods performs Let the Rain Fall Down [video]

Jason Rowdy Cope and Wes Bayliss of The Steel Woods stop by the ONErpm studio to promote a benefit show for Second Harvest Food Bank.  The...

the615 – 12/7/20

This week on the615 Casey introduces Local Artist of the Week, Spencer Cullum. You'll also hear tracks from Luthi, Thunder Lily, TV Saints, and...

the615 – 12/20/21

Get into the holiday spirit on this week's episode of the615. Casey spins holiday tunes from Local Artist of the Week, James Ethan Clark...

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...

The Mango Furs – “Got Me Floating”: Local Artist of the...

This week’s Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week is alt-rock band The Mango Furs! We will be playing their latest release, “Got Me...

DJ Picks of the Week 9/22 – 9/26

Monday- Jayson’s DJ Pick: The Beths- 'Straight Line Was a Lie'  Jayson’s pick this week comes off of Beth's 2025 album, titled “Straight Line Was...

Saturday Night fever with Santigold at Live on the Green 2022!

There are two types of folks in this world: those that love to dance in the rain and those that miss out because they...