Walker Lukens

This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast!

This week we have a special treat for you! A full episode of the new Song Confessional Podcast!  The Song Confessional project began when Austin artists Walker Lukens and Zac Cantanzaro outfitted a trailer like a Catholic confessional and asked people to come in, and tell anonymous “confessions.” Then they took their favorite stories and gave them to musicians, who wrote and recorded songs based on the tales.  In the podcast you hear it all, the confessional, the song, and an interview with the songwriter.

In this episode you’ll hear a tale of family, weed and secrets, the song it inspired written by Brooklyn based Vlad Holiday, and an interview with Holiday about his boozy creative process.

This Song: Walker Lukens

This year, Austin’s Walker Lukens released his second album Tell It To The Judge, produced by Spoon’s Jim Eno. It’s a hook-laden mix of pop, rock, electronic, and obtuse lyrics, music that you can emotionally understand without necessarily literally understanding. Listen as Lukens describes how Fleetwood Mac’s “Sara” works in a similar way for him, and hear how it’s gotten him through some tough times.

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Listen to Walker Lukens new record Tell it to the Judge

 Kelcey Ayer of Local Natives also chose to talk about Sara for the podcast. Check out that episode.

Listen to Songs from Episode 109 of This Song