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Aaron Lee Tasjan Shows Off His Incredible Songwriting In The OneRPM...

Aaron Lee Tasjan stopped by the ONErpm studio to play his songs “12 Bar Blues” and “Ready to Die.” Along with releasing several solo...

How I Became the Bomb – Break Hearts [video premier]

%CODE1% Local artist How I Became the Bomb debuts a new music video for "Break Hearts" directed by David Shamban.  This is the follow up...

Luno Rae Performs Contact Solution [video]

Nashville songwriter Luno Rae fuses pop, country, and soul sounds in pursuit of creating an honest song. After discovering Luno Rae at Jed’s Writers...

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...

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...

Republican Hair – Jody

This week, Lightning 100 welcomes East Nashville songwriter/mystery man/project Republican Hair as our local artist of the week. Republican Hair conjures the flamboyant musicality of The Cars, Devo,...

Brent Cobb Performs Solving Problems and Shine On Rainy Day [audio]

Local songwriter Brent Cobb stopped by the ONErpm studio with our old friend 'Big Mike' Harris after opening for Chris Stapleton's sold out show...

Oliver John-Rodgers performs Under the Hood and La Javanaise [audio]

We always takes bets on what type of booze Oliver John-Rodgers will bring into the ONErpm studio for Ana lee.  Oliver apparently had a...

Wilder Embry performs Always You and Lucky [audio]

Wilder Embry has been settled in Nashville for six years, and has since had two kids and an open-heart surgery. His acoustic sound has...

The Gills – Aria

Originally from Pensacola, Florida, local artist of the week The Gills made their way to Nashville to push themselves out of their hometown comfort...

Thunderground featuring Heathen Sons, The Social Animals, Sinclair and Ian Ferguson...

Lightning 100 spotlights of our favorite local talent at Thunderground at The Basement East.  We had a blast seeing Heathen Sons, The Social Animals,...

The Daybreaks Premiere ‘Panic’

The Daybreaks' Kaleb Jones, Heather Bond and Bobby Holland are no strangers to the Nashville music scene. Both Jones and Bond have had very successful solo...

Heathen Sons Live in the One RPM Studio

Adam Culver interviews local band Heathan Sons in the One RPM studio! Adam takes his rapid fire wit to get to know the band a little...

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...

Parker Gispert of The Whigs performs Keep Your Body Happy Through...

Parker Gispert of The Whigs recorded an interview with Dan Buckley in the ONErpm studio. Formed at the University of Georgia in Athens, The...

Oliver John-Rogers performs Numb and Fisher of Men [video]

Pretty sure Oliver John-Rogers is the first guest to bring Ana Lee a 40 once of malt liquor into the ONErpm studio.  If Oliver...

Jeff Carl – Sleeping With A Ghost

Local artist of the week Jeff Carl is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter. Jeff released his sophomore project, “Survive,” earlier this year. This EP is his most artistically honest...

Sean McConnell performs Holy Days and Queen of Saint Mary’s Choir...

All this week, Americana Fest is taking over 100.1 FM starting off with the live broadcast of the Americana Awards on Wednesday, September 21st...

Ariel Bui – Appraisal

This week's local artist of the week, Ariel Bui's sound strives to be classic, yet experimental bridging between a variety of genres while influenced by...

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...