

Tune in every Monday and Saturday at 6:00pm until 8:00 pm for Lightning 100’s local show the615! Every week, Lightning Casey brings you two hours of radio dedicated to the best artists and bands that Nashville has to offer. Past episodes are archived below for on-demand listening.


Tune in: Mondays at 6:00pm, Saturdays at 6:00pm
How to listen: 100.1 FM, lightning100.com, Lightning 100 app, your smart speaker
Host: Casey Smith
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Recent Episodes
The615 – 1/30/23
This week on the615 Casey introduces ZDAN as our new Local Artist of the Week. You'll also hear tunes from Austin Grimm, LUTHI, The Thing With Feathers, Jacques Merlino, and many more. Tune in...
the615 – 1/23/23
This week on the615 Casey introduces The Weeks as our new Local Artist of the Week. You'll also hear tracks from Taylor Bickett, Cecilia Castleman, The Thing With Feathers, and many more. Tune in...
615 Saturday – 1/21/23
On this episode of 615 Saturday Casey discusses the Cumberland River. You'll also hear tracks from Nikki Lane, The Thing With Feathers, Jake Wesley Rogers, *repeat repeat, and many more. Tune in every Monday...
615 Saturday – 1/28/23
On this episode of 615 Saturday Casey shares a little bit about Wayne White. He also plays tracks from Phillip-Michael Scales, Josh Rennie-Hynes, The Weeks, Gabrielle Grace, and many more. Tune in every Monday...
the615 – 1/9/23
On the first 615 full album preview episode of 2023, Casey spins The Features "The Mahaffey Sessions 1999" in it's entirety. In case you missed it, be sure to check out the record when...
615 Saturday – 1/7/23
Casey talks college football history on this week's edition of 615 Saturday. You'll hear tracks from Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Gabrielle Grace, Them Vibes, Jake Wesley Rogers, and many more. Tune in every...
the615 – 1/2/23
It's the first 615 of 2023! On this very special episode Casey plays tracks from our new Local Artist of the Week, Country Westerns, Hey Steve, izzy watts, The Serpenteens, and many more. Tune...
615 Saturday 12/31/22
On this special NYE edition of 615 Saturday, learn a bit about the Illusion indoor roller coaster. Casey also plays tracks from Honey Dagger, Multi Ultra, The Dreaded Laramie, Lilly Hiatt, and many more....
the615 – 12/19/22
Casey gets into the holiday spirit on this week's episode of the615. Catch Christmas tunes from our new Local Artist of the Week, Old Crow Medicine Show, plus Devon Gilfillian, JD McPherson, John Prine,...
615 Saturday – 12/17/22
Casey dives into Tennessee's Christmas music history on this week's 615 Saturday. You'll also hear tracks from The Untamed, Wilby, *repeat repeat, The River Indigo, and many more! Tune in every Monday and Saturday...
the615 – 12/12/23
Casey announces Lilly Hiatt as our new Local Artist of the Week on this week's episode of the615. You'll also hear tracks from The Untamed, The River Indigo, The McCrary Sisters, and many more!...
615 Saturday – 12/10/22
On this week's episode of 615 Saturday Casey discusses the infamous Machine Gun Kelly (George Kelly, not Colson Baker). You'll also hear tracks from Dave Barnes, Jake Wesley Rogers, The Prescriptions, *repeat repeat, and...
the615 – 12/5/22
This week, we feature our Local Artist of the Week Dave Barnes, alongside other great local artists such as The Shindellas and CATES! Make sure to check back in with us every Monday and...
the 615 – 12/03/22
Billy Strings is our new Local Artist of the Week. Dan also plays tracks from *repeat repeat, Caleb Caudle, Sunny Sweeney, and many more on this week’s episode of the615. Tune in every Monday and Saturday from...
the615 – 11/28/22
In addition to our local artist of the week Billy Strings, this week's show includes music from Country Westerns, Nordista Freeze, JD McPherson, and many more! Make sure to tune back in every Monday...
the615 — 11/26/22
Myron Elkins is our Local Artist of the Week. Casey also plays tracks from Sunny War, The Mad Sugars, Billy Strings, and many more on this week's episode of the615. Tune in every Monday...
the615 – 11/21/22
Myron Elkins is our new Local Artist of the Week. Casey also plays tracks from Dad Hats, Parrotfish, Heaven Honey, and many more on this week's episode of the615. Tune in every Monday and...
615 Saturday – 11/19/22
On this week's episode of 615 Saturday Casey talks about some of the technology debuted at the 1982 World's Fair. You'll also hear tracks from Samia, CATES, Amanda Shires, Molly Martin, and many more....
Popular Episodes
The 615 – 7/16/18
This week on The615 Hammel and Casey introduce Lightning 100's new Local Artist Of The Week, Forlorn Strangers. You'll also hear each of their DJ picks this week, a track from Ruston Kelly and...
the615 – 2/14/22
Head to 3rd and Lindsley this Sunday to see our new Local Artist of the Week, Goodbye June headline Lightning 100's Nashville Sunday Night! Casey also spins tracks from Okey Dokey, Cabin Boys, Bronte...
The 615 – 1/14/19
This week on The615 Hammel and Casey introduce Local Artist of the Week Lucie Silvas. You'll also hear tracks from Adia Victoria, Blank Range, Coin, and more as well as learn about upcoming shows...
The 615 – 12/17/18
This week The 615 broadcasted live from Project 615 in the Nations! Hammel and Casey played an hour and 45 minutes of great local music on site from Project 615 and were joined by...
The615 Music City Mayhem Edition (3/25/19)
This week on The615, Hammel and Casey introduce the 2019 Music City Mayhem finalists. These 32 artists were selected out of over 400 applicants and will be competing for YOUR VOTES to head to...