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Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro

March 20, 2024

Artist Interview: Buffalo Hunt – “Anonymous Pleasure”Artist Interview:

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 […]

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March 6, 2024

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. […]

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February 21, 2024

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 […]

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February 7, 2024

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 […]

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January 24, 2024

The new season of Song Confessional starts Feb 7th!

The new season of the Song Confessional podcast arrives on Feb 7th! Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro travel around the world collecting anonymous confessions from everyday people and then give them to songwriters and bands who turn them into new original songs. This season features new songs from artists like Golden Dawn Arkestra, Woodbelly, Buffalo Hunt, Pigeon John, and more !

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August 1, 2023

Pigeon John – Dibs on Trevor | Artist Interview

In this episode Walker sits down with Pigeon John to discuss what he finds inspiring from last week’s confession. How he sampled a part of the confession in his song, his personal songwriting process and how he has grown as an solo artist over the years. Check out more from Pigeon John at his website […]

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July 25, 2023

Pigeon John – Dibs on Trevor | Song & Confession

Pigeon John brings his special blend of hip-hop, soul, and funk to this week's episode with his song "Dibs on Trevor". In part 1, you'll hear the confession of a one-night stand that turns into a multi-year awkward circumstance. Tune in next week for part 2, as Walker sits down with Pigeon John to discuss […]

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May 16, 2023

Artist Interview: The Tender Things – “One Like You”

The Tender Things cooked up a classic song based on reckless decision gone wrong. In Part 1, you heard the confession and The Tender Things’ live recording of “One Like You”. In this episode, when Walker talks with Jessie about the confession, how it inspired the song, self care, and a whole host of other […]

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On Song Confessional, 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. Lukens and Catanzaro capture these candid recordings in their traveling public confession booth / recording studio, which has made appearances at SXSW, Luck Reunion, and Newport Folk Festival as well as a fixture at the Hotel Magdalena in Austin. The show’s first season included songs from artists like Odessa, Wild Child and The Band of Heathens, and is availableto stream now.

Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro

Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro are hosts of the Song Confessional Podcast. Catanzaro describes the genesis of the show’s concept: “Walker and I have spent several years and thousands of miles on the road together listening to music playing music and recording music. After one particular show a woman came up to Walker and described how one of his records really got her through her mother’s death. It got us thinking about the way people relate to specific songs which popped the question, “What if we could actually write a personalized song?” As a former Catholic, somewhere along the way the idea of confession came into the mix. Adding the anonymity and the confessional vibe really allows people a space to open up without feeling judged. I think the beauty of this kind of storytelling is that it’s timeless. The themes are anything from the general human experience… there’s no right or wrong.”

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