Song Confessional

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Confession Response #6 Sep 24, 2026

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31 song submissions and a whole dang live show! We asked five of these amazing songwriters to come perform at Hole In The Wall on September 3rd: Steel Gemini, Bryce Clifford, Leslie Sisson, Alex Hartley, and Arlen Albert. In this confession response episode, you’ll hear their performances and interviews and find out who ‘won’ our little competition You also listen to all the submissions…

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Confession Call #6 Aug 14, 2026

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Attention Songwriters! It’s Confessional Call time again! We have an anonymous confession and we want YOU to use it for inspiration for a song. Here’s how it works. Step 1: Listen to this episode. Listen especially close to the confession. Step 2: Write a song inspired by the confession and record it however you want. A voice memo is fine. Garageband is cool. You could even go into a studio…

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Confession Response #5 Apr 22, 2026

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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 KUTX’s Song of the Day. You can hear these songs in the latest episode…

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Confession Call #5 Mar 26, 2026

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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. The full transcript of this episode of Song Confessional is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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Starflake Aug 20, 2025

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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 recorded in our permanent booth and churn out a song in 24 hours.

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Confession Response #4 Jul 31, 2025

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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 dreamy transcendent new wave vibes. Check out this week’s episode for…

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Confession Call #4 Jul 16, 2025

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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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Confession & Song: Rayland Baxter, “Albatross” Jun 26, 2025

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What’s up party people! Have you listened to our new song, “Albatross” from Nashville hero Rayland Baxter yet? Inspired by a confession taken at Newport Folk Festival all the way back in 2019, “Albatross” is an extremely intimate and reflective look into a young woman’s tragic experience and how she’s managed to keep a positive outlook despite all odds. Here’s a little spoiler…

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Confession & Song: Vapor Caves “Sis, is this your man?” May 28, 2025

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helllllllo world! We’ve got a new song, “Sis, is this your man?” from neo-funk soul husband & wife outfit, The Vapor Caves. Inspired by a confession taken at SXSW Sydney, “Sis, is this your man?” turns one woman’s ongoing love affair with a philandering plagiarizing f-boy into a v chill 2 part dance jam. Our interview with Vapor Caves is up on our substack! Thank you to the City of…

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Song Confessional’s Wet Hot Austin Summer Mini Series Starts May 28th May 21, 2025

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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. This mini season is part of KUTX’s Wet Hot Austin Summer.

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