Sound Up! with Mark Goodman and Alan Light

Guitar legend Steve Vai joins us on this episode of Sound Up! to talk about teaming up with Joe Satriani for the SatchVai Band, their project The Sea of Emotion, taking guitar lessons from Satriani, songwriting, recording, and much more!

Plus, Mark and Alan catch Ringo Starr live, Alan reviews Geese in concert, Mark shares his take on LP Giobbi, and we reveal our Songs of the Week!

In this Episode, Mark, Alan, and Roger discuss their show meeting and review concerts by Rush, Neil Young & Willie Nelson, Twisted Sister, and more. Mark talks about an early interview with Madonna, plus we have our picks for who owned the summer of 2026 and our songs of the week!

As we look back at some of our favorite episodes from the Sound Up! archive during the month of August, we honor the recent passing of beloved singer-songwriter Glen Hansard with a replay of a show from June 2025, when Oscar-winning duo The Swell Season - Hansard and Marketa Irglova—joined Mark and Alan to discuss "Forward," their first album together in 16 years. This episode also featured Alan's review of Paul Simon at the Beacon Theatre and a listener recap of the Kendrick Lamar/SZA tour. 

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On this episode of Sound Up!, we offer up our last new show of the summer, catching up with listener emails. Alan reviews Tori Amos in NYC and offers some thoughts on the new Charli XCX album, and we have reports and questions from Pod Squadders in Austin, Cleveland, Ontario, and even Germany! New Music picks this week come from Lizzy McAlpine and Bob Seger.

 

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On this episode of Sound Up!, Mark and Alan welcome Ethan Millman, music editor of The Hollywood Reporter, to catch us up on the latest legislative efforts to combat ticket scalping. Mark recaps a rain-soaked Train/Barenaked Ladies/Matt Nathanson concert at Jones Beach and we get a listener review of LP Giobbi in Toronto. In music news, we discuss the much-talked-about halftime show at the World Cup Finals and note the deaths of Dave Kendall of MTV’s “120 Minutes” and Jennifer Finch of pioneering alt-rock band L7. Our new music picks this week come from Fiona Apple and Snow Patrol featuring Kylie Minogue.

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