Penny Quinn

Host & Shows

Penny Quinn

Weekends

If you also harbour a forbidden love of puns, you might want to call me a ‘lucky Penny’ for being here at SONiC, but it really feels that way! I graduated from BCIT’s Radio Broadcasting program and soon found myself running around Edmonton in an orange jacket. Maybe it was my knowledge of equestrian, nature-fan-yoga-mat-toting disposition, extreme bookwormishness or my brief stint with the Olympic broadcast services that got me here. Either way, I try to fill those Saturday night shows with enough music info and quirky factoids to give you something in your back pocket should you encounter any awkward silences.

Coldplay Will Make You Light Up

Posted by Penny Quinn, in category Concerts, Music News, Penny Quinn On-Air, Uncategorized, December 5, 2011 7:17 pm

BYOGlowsticks? Not at a Coldplay show.

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Coldplay, Glowbands

The Kings Speech

Posted by Rick Lee, in category Live Shows, Music News, Rick Lee Show, October 2, 2011 2:08 am

RL – Welcome to the first ‘PR’ (Penny//Rick) review of an Edmonton concert. 10,000 were in attendance to see the return of the Kings (Kings of Leon with The Sheepdogs). The Sheepdogs would play for 40 minutes to a clean sounding Rexall Place; a startling surprise when it comes to opening acts (they’re usually drowned out by the lack of bodies to absorb the sound). As for KOL, it was one of the best ‘sounding’ shows at Rexall Place (thanks again to the people behind the soundboard). Nothing was mentioned about Caleb’s drinking problem and forgiveness was not asked for any tour cancellations. It was just wall-to-wall music with a grateful heart to the love from the crowd. The brothers and cousin did look at each other, but Caleb was left by himself on stage in the end. The sober lead singer sounded ‘on fire’ but mentioned the same things when he was last here in August, 2009 (he felt a little under the weather, but once he heard the crowd, it lifted him up). Do I dare say that the KOL show was just as good, or even better…man, than the PJ show?

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Edmonton, Kings of Leon, review

Dave Navarro DM!

Posted by Penny Quinn, in category Music News, Penny Quinn On-Air, September 6, 2011 3:14 pm

When Dave Navarro tweeted that he was in Edmonton for an extra day, I decided a great way to pass the time would be to head over to the SONiC studios where I was gleefully filling in for the evening: