Song Confessional
Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro
April 22, 2026
We asked and y’all delivered! We got 56 responses to the Confession Call! It wasn’t easy to choose just one winner…so we chose two! “Good Advice” by Other Vessels and “Otherside” by Her Mana. Later this month the winners will come into Studio 1A to record their songs. After that, both will be featured as […]
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March 26, 2026
Do you write songs? If you do, The Song Confessional podcast wants you to write a song that could get recorded in KUTX’s Studio 1A. Here’s how it works.
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August 20, 2025
We made it! Another season of Song Confessional has come to an end. We’re finishing strong with a new side project from our very own, Zac Catanzaro, ‘Starflake’; a psychedelic, cumbia, electronic, post-punk circus. Last week, Starflake closed out the Drop In summer series at The Long Center with the mission to take a confession […]
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July 31, 2025
Holey Moley! You guys really rose to the occasion for our third confession call episode. With around 20 submissions, it was a real challenge to choose just 6 to feature in the episode but we made it happen. We’ve got songs with an electronic lean, classic singer songwriter with acoustic guitar, eclectic circus sounds, and […]
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July 16, 2025
It’s Confession Call time again and we need all you aspiring songwriters out there to send in your demos! Here’s how it works.
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June 26, 2025
Confession & Song: Rayland Baxter, “Albatross”
What’s up party people! Have you listened to our new song, “Albatross” from Nashville hero Rayland Baxter yet?
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May 28, 2025
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.
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May 21, 2025
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.
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About
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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