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Big Yellow Taxi  

New England's premier Joni Mitchell tribute band  

 

Big Yellow Taxi is a one-of-a-kind musical experience. There is no other ensemble playing the music of Joni Mitchell with the dedication and imagination that BYT brings to every show. Created to explore Joni's amazing music from its early folk roots to her pop masterpieces to her jazz-influenced compositions, Big Yellow Taxi brings Joni's music alive.

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The band features the expressive and soaring voice of Teresa Lorenço. Teresa's vocals pay homage to Joni's sweet, husky, and bell-like voice, delivering an emotional journey through Joni's expansive catalog.

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The mission of the band is to present a show that immerses the audience in an intimate journey through many of Joni's best-loved and most powerful songs: a performance beyond mere imitation, to delve into Joni’s musical intensity and genius, to leave audiences entertained, moved, and elated.

 

Big Yellow Taxi began performing together in 2021 and is based in the Northampton, MA area. The band is led by vocalist Teresa Lorenço and percussion, and features John Cabán on Guitars and vocals, Robert Sherwood on Keyboards, vocals, and bass, Joe Fitzpatrick on drums and percussion, and Rich Cahillane on Bass and Guitar. 

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Big Yellow Taxi is a one-of-a-kind musical experience. There is no other ensemble playing the music of Joni Mitchell with the dedication and imagination that BYT brings to every show. Created to explore Joni's amazing music from its early folk roots to her pop masterpieces to her jazz influenced compositions, Big Yellow Taxi brings Joni's music alive.

​The band features the expressive and soaring voice of Teresa Lorenço. Teresa's vocals pay homage to Joni's sweet, husky, and bell-like voice delivering an emotional journey through Joni's expansive catalog.

​The mission of the band is to present a show that immerses the audience in an intimate journey through many of Joni's best loved and most powerful songs: a performance beyond mere imitation, to delve into Joni’s musical intensity and genius, to leave audiences entertained, moved, and elated.

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Teresa Lorenço          Vocals, Percussion

Teresa Lorenço grew up in a musical household and has been singing since she was able to make noise. She began listening to Joni Mitchell when she was a teen, starting with Blue. Teresa has done musical theater throughout her life and implements a sense of emotional experience in her depictions of Joni Mitchell’s compositions. Teresa has sung actively in Western Mass for the past 10 years, and she is overjoyed to have the opportunity to pay tribute to Joni Mitchell with Big (and Little) Yellow Taxi).

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Joe Fitzpatrick       Drums, Percussion

Joe “Jopey” Fitzpatrick is a native of Windsor Locks CT.  After graduating from Westfield State College Joe taught general classroom music in Westfield and Amherst Massachusetts.  Joe currently teaches privately from his home and performs with numerous local bands including Trailer Park, TJ and the Peepers, The Gaslight Tinker, Galvanizer among others. Joe has worked with numerous other bands in the area including The Bombastics, Unit 7/The Eric Olsson Band, Ed Vadas, The Equalites, The Pangeans, The Mary Jane Jones, Dan Kennedy. Joe has played percussion for numerous musicals including “West Side Story”, “Into the Woods”, “Urinetown”, “The Wizard of Oz” “In the Heights” and in 2013 he worked with the Tony Award winning team of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (Spring Awakenings) on the musical “Arms On Fire”. You can find more information about Joe at www.jopey.com.

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John Cabán     Guitars, Vocals

Guitarist, teacher and producer John Cabán has roots that run deep in the blues, funk, r&b, ambient, experimental, and world music. The Western Mass native spent 20+ years living in Brooklyn, New York where he played, toured, and/or recorded with many diverse artists from all over the globe including Richard Bona, KJ Denhert, Alana Davis, Art Neville (RIP), Eddie Kramer, Bo Diddley (RIP), Kenny Kirkland (RIP), Gianna Nannini, Alidu, Vast Ed Vadas (RIP), John Cruz, Gloria Gaynor, as well as his own projects Galvanizer, and StompBoxTrio.

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Rich Cahillane      Bass, Guitar, Vocals

Rich Cahillane plays electric bass, guitar, dulcimer and sings. As a singer, songwriter, sideman and producer his resume includes The Riverbenders, Hooligan, Wild Bill and the Flying Sparks, Dad, Come Home!, Dicey Riley, Leo T Baldwin, and Grammy winner Chet O'Keefe. He is one of the founders of Cooleyville Records. His album Tall Tales of Hope and Heartache is available on Bandcamp.

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Robert Sherwood              Piano, Keyboard, Bass, Vocals

   Multi-instrumentalist Robert Sherwood came to the US in the early ‘80s to attend Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts and stayed long enough to join local neopsych legends The Malarians through two records, countless tours and forays into the college/alternative charts.  He moved to Los Angeles in the early ‘90s to found the progressive power trio Fiction which released four albums, the last of which was released by Ryko in 1999 and yielded two Top 40 radio hits, “I Could Cry” and “Six Lanes To Nowhere”.  Returning to the Pioneer Valley in the early 2000’s Robert fronted the progressive string quartet Picassoface as well as playing bass guitar and keyboards for King Radio, The Ware River Club, Mass Conn-Fusion and The Soul Sensations.  Robert continues to write and record ambitious music, produce and do session work nationally and internationally and released his magnum opus double album set “Good Expectations” in 2020.

SELECTED PAST VENUES

  • Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY

  • The Kate (Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center), Old Saybrook, CT

  • New Hope Winery, New Hope, PA

  • Wellfleet Harbor Actors, Theater Wellfleet, MA

  • Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA

  • Deertrees Theater, Harrison, ME

  • The City Winery Boston, Boston, MA

  • Cheney Hall, Manchester, CT

  • The Double E, Essex Junction, Vt

  • Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA

  • The Original Pittsburgh Winery, Pittsburgh, Pa

  • The Levoy Theater, Millville, NJ 

  • Westcott Theatre, Syracuse, NY

  • The Marigold, Easthampton, Ma

  • One Longfellow Sq, Portland ME

  • Hawks and Reed Performing Arts, Greenfield, MA

  • Roy's Hall, Blairstown, NJ

MUSIC & VIDEO

Live performance footage and official videos are available below.
Additional content and updates can also be found on the band’s official YouTube channel.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1W5IUDGTf2iK-1yc4tiZjyMXAnQbI7vXi?usp=drive_link

BOOKING INFORMATION

Vertigo Entertainment
📧 byt.theband@gmail.com
📞 413-575-6142

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