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Luthi – Sleepwalkin

Jayson here with my DJ pick of the week from Nashville’s own Luthi. The “Cumberland funk” seven-piece recently released their new single, “Sleepwalkin” in...

Joy Oladokun – “Keeping the Light On”: Local Artist of the...

Joy Oladokun is Lightning 100's local artist of the week! Oladokun began her career in Los Angeles, but has since relocated to Nashville. In...
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Bully – Trying

%CODE1% You've been hearing "Trying" by Bully on 100.1 FM.  This Nashville quartet that is transforming familiar ‘90s alt-rock (Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Weezer) into smart, sharp-edged...
Friday Afternoon Live- Josh Rennie-Hynes

Josh Rennie-Hynes – Friday Afternoon Live(06/03/22)

This past friday, Nashville local Josh Rennie-Hynes was the latest performer for Lightning 100’s weekly event, Friday Afternoon Live! Hynes was Lightning’s local artist...
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Creature Comfort: Local Artist of the Week

This week's local artist spotlight goes to Creature Comfort! The five piece, indie-rock band has released several EPs over the years as they continue...

Billy Strings — “Dig a Little Deeper”: Local Artist of the...

For this week's Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week, we highlight a singer who can put a new spin on a country standard...

Leah Blevins — “First Time Feeling”: Local Artist of the Week

Leah Blevins should ring a bell for most Lightning 100 listeners. She’s played our Nashville Sunday Night three different times, and we have featured...

Scarlett Deering – Waves

Joining the latest generation of music that fuses bold, indie sounds with advanced classical training, local artist of th week Scarlett Deering is sewing her place...

Caroline Spence – Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes

Local artist of the week Caroline Spence is one of the most well-respected singer, songwriters in Nashville- a musician’s musicians. “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes”...

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...

Jack Berry – Bad Dog

This week we welcome Nashville-based alt/blues rocker Jack Berry as our local artist of the week. Originally from Reno, Nevada, Berry created his first album for a...

the615 – 1/31/22

This week on the615 Casey premiers Erin Rae's new record "Lighten Up" in it's entirety. Keep an eye out for its release this Friday!...
Shannon LaBrie

Shannon LaBrie — “Raining Hallelujah”: Local Artist of the Week

Shannon LaBrie is Lightning 100's local artist of the week! LaBrie is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from North Dakota who now calls Nashville her...

615 Saturday – 5/20/23

On this week's episode of 615 Saturday Casey gets straight to the music with one from our reigning Music City Mayhem champion, Multi Ultra....

615 Saturday – 3/26/22

Did you know Casey was in an Opryland commercial as a kid? Well, he was, and he tells us all about it on this...
Tune in to 100.1 FM and lightning100.com all week to hear “Horror of it All” by Aaron Lee Tasjan, our Local Artist of the Week!

Aaron Lee Tasjan “Horror of it All” – Local Artist of...

Lightning 100 announces Aaron Lee Tasjan as our Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week! Coming in strong at the top of the new...

Graffiti6 performs Free [video]

 Graffiti6's front man Jamie Scott performs "Free" live in the studio.  What do you think of this performance?  Want to hear "Free" more on...
Tune in to 100.1 FM and lightning100.com all week to hear “Dancing with Myself" by Maren Morris, our Local Artist of the Week!

Maren Morris “Dancing with Myself” – Local Artist of the Week

Lightning 100 announces Maren Morris as our Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week! Her cover of “Dancing With Myself” is a stunning, modern...
The Minks Creatures of Culture

The Minks “Creatures of Culture” – Local Artist of the Week

Our Frothy Monkey Local Artist of the Week shines a spotlight on The Minks, featuring the title track from their self-released 2023 album, "Creatures...