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Song Confessional

Walker Lukens, Zac Catanzaro, KUT & KUTX Studios

83 episodes

4 months ago

On the Song Confessional Podcast, today's top bands and songwriters turn anonymous stories into new original songs. Each episode features the "confession" that inspires the original song, the song premiere, and an interview with the songwriter. Song Confessional is hosted by Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro and is a collaboration with KUTX radio in Austin, Texas.

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On the Song Confessional Podcast, today's top bands and songwriters turn anonymous stories into new original songs. Each episode features the "confession" that inspires the original song, the song premiere, and an interview with the songwriter. Song Confessional is hosted by Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro and is a collaboration with KUTX radio in Austin, Texas.

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Music Interviews

Music Commentary

Episodes (20/83)

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Rayland Baxter, “Albatross”

What’s up party people! Have you listened to our new song, "Albatross" from Nashville hero Rayland Baxter yet?

4 months ago

34 minutes 38 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Vapor Caves “Sis, is this your man?”

helllllllo world! We've got a new song, "Sis, is this your man?" from neo-funk soul brother & sister outfit, The Vapor Caves.

5 months ago

30 minutes 40 seconds

Song Confessional

Song Confessional’s Wet Hot Austin Summer Mini Series Starts May 28th

It's true! The Song Confessional podcast will be back for a summer mini-season featuring songs from Vapor Caves, Rayland Baxter and Starflake. Plus they'll be doing a summer confession call where listeners can write songs based on a confession that got from KUTX Live at Scholz Garten during SXSW. The fun starts May 28th.

5 months ago

4 minutes 58 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Mo Lowda and the Humble “Darkhorse”

Part two of our episode with Philly's finest purveyors of rock'n roll, Mo Lawda & The Humble, is here! In this interview, we split the atom, make a quiche, and get real about healthy work habits for independent musicians.

1 year ago

35 minutes 23 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Mo Lowda and the Humble “Darkhorse”

It's the last episode of the season and we're going out with a slow burn, bangarang rock opus by Philadelphia's Molawda & The Humble!

1 year ago

19 minutes 23 seconds

Song Confessional

Bonus: Embodied — Making Music From Family Secrets

Song Confessional was part of a live event with WUNC's Embodied podcast. This episode features an interview with co-host Walker Lukens, a juicy confession from last years SX Sydney festival, and a song by Blue Cactus.

1 year ago

40 minutes 24 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Golden Dawn Arkestra — “Orgy”

Part 2 of our episode featuring Texas's finest purveyors of world funk sex beat, Golden Dawn Arkestra, is here!

1 year ago

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Golden Dawn Arkestra — “Orgy”

An episode featuring disco jazz savants, Golden Dawn Arkestra, and their new bop, "Orgy" is here. Inspired by a couples (ahem) *atypical* meet cute, the orgins of "Orgy" will have you giggling and gabbing with friends and enemies alike.

1 year ago

20 minutes 29 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Babe Club – “WiFi Boyfriend”

TUTTI FRUTTI! BIG BOOTY! Part two of our episode featuring Babeclub and their tender loving thot bop “WiFi Boyfriend” is upon us. In this interview, you’ll learn why & how Corey & Jenna started traveling the country playing pachinko, what the sound of one hand clapping is, & how to get the groove back in […]

1 year ago

45 minutes

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Babe Club – “WiFi Boyfriend”

WOP BOP A LOO BOP A LOP BOM BOM! We have a new song “WiFi Boyfriend” courtesy of Charleston, South Carolina’s finest purveyors of indie pop, Babe Club. “WiFi Boyfriend” hits as sweetly as the confession that inspired it — a teenager just about to meet their internet boyfriend for the first IRL. Get yr […]

1 year ago

25 minutes 55 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Judy Blank and Dylan Earl – “Mee-Maw”

HEAR YE HEAR YE part two of our episode featuring Judy Blank, Dylan Earl, and their bayou bop “Mee-Maw” is out now!! In this interview, you’ll learn how they discovered electricity, took the Creedence Clearwater Revival song “Born on the Bayou” too seriously, and wrote “Mee-Maw.” We highly recommend listening to part one first before […]

1 year ago

39 minutes 45 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Judy Blank and Dylan Earl – “MeeMaw”

HOLY TOLEDO a NeW sOnG and confession! CLAP HANDS! Judy Blank & Dylan Earl turn someone’s Cajun grandma’s life into a new zydeco-tinged bop called “MeeMaw.” It features fiddle and squeeze from Grammy winners Lost Bayou Ramblers. Big thanks to Red River Revel for having us out last year, where we collected this confession. Got […]

1 year ago

23 minutes 34 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession Response #3

GOOD GOLLY! we asked and we received TWENTY FIVE SONG SUBMISSIONS!! In this episode, you’ll hear new songs by Chris Robeson, Con Davison, We Sell Shirts, Brittany Banowsky, and Bu Gee, as well as clips from several more. You can hear all 25 songs on a playlist we made for you to listen to all […]

1 year ago

33 minutes 9 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession Call #3

Do you write songs? If you do, we want you to write a song based on the confession in this episode!! If we love it, it may become the KUTX Song of the Day. Here’s how it works: Plus the Song Confessional Team will choose their favorite song and give the winner a day in […]

1 year ago

9 minutes 25 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Pigeon John – “Time to Move Out”

HOLY MOLY! WE’RE RE-AIRING OUR INTERVIEW WITH PiGeOn JoHn from last year. We highly recommend checking out our previous episode featuring PJ’s song “Time To Move Out” as well as last year’s episode about “Dibs On Trevor” before diving into this interview. Got a story you want to confess and maybe have it turned into […]

1 year ago

42 minutes 20 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Pigeon John – “Time to Move Out”

GREAT SCOTT! Pigeon John hath blessed part one of our 3RD EPISODE with a nouveau song called “it’s time to move out”! inspired by one woman’s desire to kick her grown son out of her house, Pigeon John uses ragtime piano, dreamy strings, and percussion loops to turn mama’s infaticidal (ok maybe that’s a stretch) […]

1 year ago

18 minutes 36 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Buffalo Hunt – “Anonymous Pleasure”

FEAST YOUR EYE EARS ON PART TWO of our episode featuring Texan songbird actor director person, Buffalo Hunt. We highly recommend listening to the confession and song in PART ONE before Stephanie Hunts recounts how she transformed this raunchy boomer memory into such a sultry modern bop in our interview. Big thanks to Visit Austin and […]

1 year ago

30 minutes 46 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Buffalo Hunt – “Anonymous Pleasure”

GOODNESS GRACIOUS THE SECOND SONG OF OUR 3rd PODCAST SZN IS HERE!! “Anonymous Pleasure” was written by Texan songstress, actress, person, and place, Buffalo Hunt AKA Stephanie Hunt, and inspired by the true real life confession of an older Australian woman. Get your bath salts & licorice sticks warmed for this one, y’all. It’s steamy. […]

1 year ago

23 minutes 31 seconds

Song Confessional

Artist Interview: Wood Belly – “Late Bloomer”

BEHOLD PART TWO of our episode featuring Colorado “new grass” experts, Wood Belly!! We highly recommend listening to the confession and song in PART ONE before Wood Belly singer Brennan Mackey tells us all about his life got flipped, turned upside down and, if you’d like to take a minute to just sit right there, tell […]

1 year ago

21 minutes 32 seconds

Song Confessional

Confession & Song: Wood Belly – “Late Bloomer”

Colorado “new grass” aficionados, Wood Belly, turn our confessor’s low key embarrassing first romantic encounter into high key folk pop delight in OUR FIRST EPISODE OF OUR THIRD FULL SEASON. HuZzAH!!! In this here part 1, you’ll hear the song and confession, and Zac talk about meeting his wife. In part 2, you’ll hear Wood […]

1 year ago

19 minutes 16 seconds