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February 14, 2023

Artist Interview: The Bright Light Social Hour & Walker Lukens – “$eed”

By: Jack Anderson

The legendary Austin, Texas band The Bright Light Social Hour teams up with Walker Lukens to create a song based on a grandmother’s wish to extend her lineage. In Part 1, you’ll hear the confession and the song. In Part 2, Walker and BLSH discuss the confession and how it inspired the song.

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Episodes

April 28, 2022

Cashandra (Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen) – Father Lonely

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 […]

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April 21, 2022

Boyfriend – Superman

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 […]

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April 14, 2022

“Late Checkout; Stories from the Hotel Magdalena” Season Announcement

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 […]

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March 31, 2022

YUP and Behind the Scenes of the Song Confessional

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 […]

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March 17, 2022

Madisen Ward and Night Moves Pt. 3 Joint Interview

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 […]

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March 10, 2022

Night Moves – Vulnerable Hours

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 | […]

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March 3, 2022

Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear – Dolly Walker

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 […]

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February 24, 2022

Libby Rodenbough – EAST

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 […]

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