Barbara Pennington has been played on NTS in shows including Magicwire w/ Gabriola, featured first on 8 September 2016. Songs played include 24 Hours A Day and On A Crowded Street.

Barbara Pennington is a Soul and Hi-NRG singer from Chicago, IL. She scored many hit songs beginning in the late 1970s with the song, "24 Hours A Day" followed by "You Are The Music In Me." Penningtons best known songs are her the hit songs "All American Boy", "Fan The Flame", "On A Crowded Street", "Way Deep Down In My Soul", "Don't Stop The World" and "Out Of The Darkest Night." In 1986 Barbara released a number of dance singles for Ian levine's Nightmare record label, including the fabulous "Dont stop the World" & "There are Brighter Days". Her last single for the label was the upbeat "I've been a bad girl" which was also recorded by top session singer Tracy Ackerman.