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 Ca…
This week launches the first episode in our new season! For the first time, we’re pulling an unreleased track from the vault inspired by the 2018 midterms. Austin-based, Columbian fusion outfit, Superfónicos, wrote and live recorded a groovy track encouraging us all to get out and vote.
This is our last offering in our unedited interview series from the Hotel Magdalena season. It features Fat Tony chopping it up with Walker about all things Houston and how beautiful it is to fall in love. If you like our show, please rate and review us down below!
We had a number of great interviews from our latest Hotel Magdalena season. This week, we’re revisiting Cashandra (Sabrina Ellis & Andrew Cashen of Sweet Spirit & A Giant Dog) where they discuss how their time at the hotel brought them back to their roots of songwriting, growing up playing shows in Houston and hearing […]
We had a number of great interviews from our latest Hotel Magdalena season that we wanted to release the full interviews to check out! We’re revisiting Boyfriend’s interview from earlier this year where she discusses her songwriting process, her father’s songwriting prowess, and a little incident with cupcakes at Cheer Up Charlie’s. Check out Boyfriend’s […]
This week wraps up our mini-season featuring stories collected in our permanent confessional booth at Hotel Magdalena! Our final confession comes from a couple that had just finished an X-rated tryst here in the heart of our city. San Francisco-based Hot Flash Heat Wave writes us a dreamy pop track to underscore your next entanglement. […]
We're back with a new episode of our mini-season featuring stories collected in our permanent confessional booth at Hotel Magdalena! This week's confessor shares his perfectly romantic escapade through Spain and the unexpected decision he made to keep it that way. Inspired Austin sirens Carrie Rodriguez and Suzanna Choffel effortlessly collaborate, writing a song that […]
We're halfway through our mini season featuring stories collected in our permanent confessional booth at Hotel Magdalena! This week our confessor shares the unexpected way she finally found the love she deserved. Houston Rapper Fat Tony immortalizes her story with a new track that captures the beautiful mania of falling in love. Listen to Song […]
Week 2 of our new mini-season featuring stories collected in our permanent confessional booth at Hotel Magdalena is here! Our confessor tells us a spicy tale of a romantic escapade with a priest… in Rome, no less. Inspired by our confessor, prolific Austin-based collaborators Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen debut their new project, Cashandra. A […]
This week marks the start of our new mini-season featuring stories collected in our permanent confessional booth at Hotel Magdalena! And let me tell ya…the walls have spoken! Our confessor shares how she got caught with 2 boyfriends at her own surprise birthday party. The New Orleans-based self-proclaimed rap-cabaret performance artist, appropriately named Boyfriend, shows […]
We’re back with our latest season “Late Checkout; Stories from the Hotel Magdalena”! Over the next 5 weeks you’ll hear episodes inspired by our Song Confessional booth installation at Hotel Magdalena as well as songs from Boyfriend, Fat Tony, Rhonda Cashandra (aka Andrew Cashen and Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit), Carrie […]
This week season 2 comes to a close and we've got a special episode for you. Walker and Zac recap some of our favorite moments from the season and you get to hear the first 2 releases from our new side project YUP….which you've actually been listening to all season! Listen to Song Confessional every […]
This week we wrap up the final part of our first 3 part episode! We've heard the confession. We've heard killer tracks from Madisen Ward and the Momma Bear & Night Moves. Now we get to hear what they think of each other's interpretation! Listen to Song Confessional every Thursday at KUTX.org and anywhere else […]
This week we hear part 2 of our first 3 part episode! Same confession, new song! Minneapolis indie rockers, Night Moves, take their turn transforming this fun story into a dreamy reflection on modern dating. Listen to Song Confessional every Thursday at KUTX.org and anywhere else you listen to podcasts. Facebook | Instagram | […]
This week's we hear part 1 of our first 3 part episode! A widow describes the complexities of online dating in rural Texas over the age of 60. Mother Son duo Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear hailing from Independence, Missouri; write an instant folk classic begging you to singalong. Listen to Song Confessional every […]
In this week's episode, a woman shares how the pandemic motivated her to move completely across the country and start anew. Singer, songwriter, and North Carolina native Libby Rodenbough of Mipso takes us on an emotionally reflective journey connecting the heaviness of the past with the hope of the future. Listen to Song Confessional every […]
This week our confessor paints an eerie picture of the most scared she's ever been. A creepy drive into the middle of nowhere, a remote cabin, abandonment by a so called friend in West Virginia Austin showmen Kalu James and David Ramirez give us a spine tingling collaboration that feels like the soundtrack to your […]
This week's episode deals with intense topics that may be difficult for some of you to hear. A very resilient young woman shares how she discovered her fathers affair only to be blamed by him for the fallout. Austin's Jane Ellen Bryant and the award winning Ontario songwriter Terra Lightfoot collaborate, writing a beautiful and […]
This week we hear the tale of a young musician who followed his dreams of success abroad but accidentally trafficked drugs across international borders instead. Inspired German electrofunk Afrobeat trio, Sea Moya, slips their hooky jam right into your back pocket only to find it's been there the whole time. Listen to Song Confessional every […]
This week we hear a woman's nationally newsworthy proposal gone just a bit awry. Austin based R&B powerhouse Alesia Lani turns this romantic mishap into a soulful pop anthem reminding us what it feels like to fall in love. You’ll hear Walker and Alesia talk about their love lives and how she mixed in her […]
Welcome back to Song Confessional, the only podcast where today's top songwriters turn your anonymous stories into original songs. This week, we learn why you don't send pictures of a gun to your friend in prison and New York-based dance/punk outfit !!! (Chk Chk Chk) turn this cautionary tale into a raucous new groove. Hear […]
Season 2 starts January 13! New song premieres from !!!, Alesia Lani, Sea Moya, Jane Ellen Bryant & Terra Lightfoot, David Ramirez & Kalu James, Madisen Ward & The Momma Bear, Night Moves. New original score for every episode! Even more exciting news, we now have a permanent interactive confession booth in partnership with Hotel […]
For those with their ear near to Austin’s alt-country/Americana scene, the name Tony Kamel shouldn’t sound too unfamiliar. For years Kamel’s provided the circuitry for the Grammy-nominated string group (and KUTX favorites) Wood & Wire, and alongside his newfound fatherhood, has recently issued his debut solo LP, Back Down Home. This Kamel-Back packs all the coastal accoutrements […]
Song Confessional co-host Walker Lukens sits down with Pause/Play to discuss live music during the pandemic.
Song Confessional co-host Walker Lukens sits down with Pause/Play to discuss live music during the pandemic.
How sailing through a hurricane from Hawaii to LA turns into a proposal in Venice.
How sailing through a hurricane from Hawaii to LA turns into a proposal in Venice.
The end of the world is boring.
The end of the world is boring.
Is the Austin music scene here to support black artists? How are you supporting your mental health?
Is the Austin music scene here to support black artists? How are you supporting your mental health?
Hear the tales of Bobi, an illegal immigrant from Portugal who snuck into the U.S. in a barrel.
Hear the tales of Bobi, an illegal immigrant from Portugal who snuck into the U.S. in a barrel.
Recap of our previous COVID confessors and we catch up on where their lives are now.
Recap of our previous COVID confessors and we catch up on where their lives are now.
When the smallest present leads to a grand gesture.
When the smallest present leads to a grand gesture.
Kung fu, subliminal messages, and companion planting
Kung fu, subliminal messages, and companion planting
COVID-19 struck this budding romance and turned it into a new long distance adventure.
COVID-19 struck this budding romance and turned it into a new long distance adventure.
L’amour in Quarantine with a side of social Justice
L’amour in Quarantine with a side of social Justice
How do you deal with the lack of intimacy, understanding homelessness, and how to experience the new "norm"?
How do you deal with the lack of intimacy, understanding homelessness, and how to experience the new "norm"?
A heart wrenching love letter written to an ex lover, crying, and more heartache.
A one night stand with a stripper cowboy would loves fishing. Make sure to hit the continental breakfast on your way out.
A heart wrenching love letter written to an ex lover, crying, and more heartache.
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