Local Music

Local independent music from Nashville, TN

Roots Of A Rebellion – One Thing

Local artist of the week, Roots Of A Rebellion, feel like family. After winning our Music City Mayhem competition in 2012, the reggae superstars...

Mountains Like Wax – Messed Up Your Hair

Local artist of the week Mountains Like Wax are no strangers to Lightning 100. Since winning Music City Mayhem in 2016, the band has...

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...

Ron Gallo – Love Supreme (Work Together)

Local artist of the week Ron Gallo is no stranger to Lightning 100. We’ve been spinning his songs for years, and he’s played everything...

Weston Harris Hill – Full Tank of Gas

Local artist of the week Weston Harris Hill is a self-taught, self-funded and self-motivated singer, songwriter hailing from East Nashville. Hill creates modern country...

Devon Gilfillian- Get Out And Get It

Jayson here with my DJ pick of the week. We were lucky enough to host Nashville singer, songwriter Devon Gilfillian on the show the...

*repeat repeat – Hi, I’m Waiting

Lani here with my DJ pick of the week from Nashville surf-rockers *repeat repeat. We've been big fans of the husband, wife duo for...

Joel Levi – Light in the Neon Sign

Casey here with my DJ pick of the week from local Americana singer, songwriter Joel Levi. After he and his wife moved to Nashville,...

The Daybreaks – Bad Vibrations

Local artist of the week The Daybreaks is one of our favorite Nashville supergroups featuring Kaleb Jones (guitar/vocals), Heather Bond (keytar/vocals), Bobby Holland (guitars/vocals/keys/co-producer)...

Sadler Vaden – Still Kids

Jayson here with my DJ pick of the week from Nashville musician Sadler Vaden. Vaden is probably best known as the guitarist for Jason...

Maggie Rose & Them Vibes – Right On

Nashville powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Maggie Rose has teamed up once again with Them Vibes, one of our favorite local rock outfits, for their...

Hobo Cane – Hold On To Nothing

Born as Javier Alberto Mendoza, local artist of the week Hobo Cane moved to Nashville in 2014 to pursue his solo music career. His latest...

Andrew Leahey & The Homestead – Airwaves

Local artist of the week Andrew Leahey is not only an acclaimed solo artist, he’s also a noted guitarist, touring regularly with Elizabeth Cook,...

Andrew Combs performs unreleased song “Like a Feather” and Erin Rae...

Both Andrew Combs and Erin Rae stop by the studio to chat with Casey before playing their show with The Kernal at Basement East....

JD Simo – You Need Love

Casey here with my DJ pick of the week from guitar virtuoso JD Simo. "You Need Love" is the lead single off his first...

The Rally Club – No Room

Local artist of the week The Rally Club is a new pop rock band recently formed in Nashville. With heavy grooves and catchy songwriting,...

Jason Ringenberg – God Bless The Ramones

When local artist of the week Jason Ringenberg left for Nashville in 1981 to pursue his dream of "making a band that could kick American...

Future Thieves – Always Something

Formed in late 2013, local artist of the week Future Thieves is made up of Elliot Collett (vocals and rhythm guitar), Gianni Gibson (drums),...

Sad Penny performing Sleeper and Stay Stoned [audio]

An avid Lighting 100 fan, Jo Meredith of Sad Penny stopped in the Lightning 100 studio to talk with Jayson and Adam about her...

Okey Dokey Performing “Hometown” and “When They Get Older” [Audio]

With rays of synth shinning down on walking bass lines, Okey Dokey sounds like the way a walk on a sunny day feels. The...