Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins joins host Stephen Kallao

The Smashing Pumpkins returned this year with a new album, called CYR, and it’s 20 tracks that push their sound in a more electronic direction. Billy Corgan joins host Stephen Kallao to talk about this sonic shift, why radio doesn’t embrace his music like it used to, and memories about the band’s landmark album, Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Plus, Billy shares acoustic performances of new Smashing Pumpkins songs, as well as some classics.

*Robbie Robertson “Go Back To Your Woods” Storyville
Smashing Pumpkins “CYR” Recorded Live for the World Café
Smashing Pumpkins “Wrath” Recorded Live for the World Café
Smashing Pumpkins “Black Lung” Recorded Live for the World Café
Smashing Pumpkins “Perfect” Recorded Live for the World Café
Nirvana “Come As You Are” Nevermind
Massive Attack “Safe From Harm” Blue Lines
Sam Phillips “Raised On Promises” Cruel Inventions

Hour Two
*Dire Straits “On Every Street” On Every Street
Primal Scream “Movin’ On Up” Screamadelica
Saint Etienne “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” Fox Base Alpha
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Breaking The Girl” Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Bonnie Raitt “Not The Only One” Luck Of The Draw
Richard Thompson “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” Rumour and Sigh
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Learning To Fly” Into The Great Wide Open
John Prine “It’s A Big Old Goofy World” The Missing Years
Benjamin Gibbard “The Concept” Bandwagonesque
Chris Whitley “Poison Girl” Living With The Law
Pearl Jam “Evenflow” Ten

*Optional Song