Big Yellow Taxi – The Music of Joni Mitchell w/ Carl Mateo

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.

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.

CARL MATEO

Carl Mateo is a singer songwriter with deep roots in the Hudson Valley, NY. Informed by the Americana songwriting tradition Carl renders soulful and emotive performances utilizing guitar, piano and harmonica with songs exploring his relationship to the valley and to many of the friends, family and strangers who have settled and/or passed through this legendary part of the country. On Time to Fly, Carl’s last release under the Mateo and Dougan Band moniker, songs range from the struggle to find peace in “Seventeen Years,” to escaping and embracing the world in “Lay Down”; from seeking a return to innocence in “Devil’s in the Courtyard,” to celebrating lifelong love in “Hey English.” “I’ll be Waiting” is the haunting lament of a man who knows he’s done wrong, while the rocking gospel-tinged “Revelator” takes inspiration from Son House’s acappella version of the traditional “John the Revelator.” “Lullabye Moon,” with its funky guitar and harp, is a young man’s rave upon the mountain, while “Jake and the Bean” is an ode to a lost friend in a neighborhood seeing some rough times. The title cut, “Time to Fly” is a release and a recognition, a waving of the arms to spread the sky. Carl is currently in the studio working on a new album expected in the Fall, 2026.

As a solo artist and band member, Carl Mateo has shared the stage with performers such as John Hammond Jr, Jorma Kaukonen, Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, Suzanne Vega, Larry Campbell, David Johansen, John Doe and X, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, David Bromberg. He has had the enormous pleasure of playing with some of the great players and people who find themselves working around the Woodstock scene especially Peter Dougan, Eric Parker and Kyle Esposito who are the heart of the Carl Mateo Band.

Carl is a working textile artist creating organic cotton knits with his partner and fine artist and designer Sharon Broit under the Sharon London Brand. When not on the road working the art fair circuit Carl devotes his time to music. Sounds, stories and songs. This is the cycle. This is what comes around.