The Misstress Barbara Band
The artist, who re-introduced herself on her latest album, Many Shades of Grey, takes the stage to showcase all the facets of her talent on vocals, keyboards and guitar!
Misstress Barbara takes the stage with a dynamic new show, accompanied by three musicians bassist David Jalbert, guitarist and electric drummer Patrice Fraser and keyboard player Jean-François De Bellefeuille along with gifted back-up singer Maryane Mathieu. Jean-François Couture, nominated for an ADISQ award for Best Show Concept of the Year (for Richard Séguin’s De colères et d’espoir), will amaze us yet again with his lighting design for the concert.

The Montreal producer and songwriter born Barbara Bonfiglio is a fireball of positivity, long admired for her adventurous approach to music making. Also known as internationally celebrated club DJ Misstress Barbara, she answered an internal call to launch her parallel career as singer-songwriter with the release of Juno-nominated 2009 artist album I’m No Human. Now, with sophomore album Many Shades of Grey, Misstress Barbara burns brighter than ever.
Misstress Barbara learned a great deal while producing dozens of original techno EPs and DJing at top international clubs during the past 16 years. But even this had not prepared Barbara for just how much she would glean about herself by taking the creative leap of writing, producing and singing on her debut album, I’m No Human. Largely inspired by the illness and passing of her father, that album found Misstress Barbara crafting beats and melodies separate from the poems she had written and would eventually pair to the music. Instead, for Many Shades of Grey, she took the approach of writing lyrics – here exploring themes of love, loss, and actively appreciating the people we care about - to specifically match melodies and musical moods. This makes for a more coherent and uplifting whole.