Big Yellow Taxi is a unique ensemble of experience and inspired musicians. 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.

Teresa Lorenço is the lead vocalist and driving artistic force behind the band. Originally from the Boston area, she has performed in musical theater, burlesque, folk clubs and rock bands all over the east coast. Her expressive and soaring voice pays homage to Joni's sweet, husky, and bell-like voice delivering an emotional journey through Joni's expansive catalog.

John Cabán is a guitarist, teacher and producer with 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

Joe “Jopey” Fitzpatrick is a drum and percussion teacher and producer with extensive performing experience. Jopey performs with numerous bands including Trailer Park, TJ and the Peepers, The Gaslight Tinker, Galvanizer among others. 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”.

Rich Cahillane plays electric bass, guitar, harmonica and dulcimer in Big Yellow Taxi. He is a songwriter 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.

Multi-instrumentalist Robert Sherwood came to the US in the early ‘80s to attend Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts. 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.