had been writing songs, recording and touring as a trio and alternating duo pairs for a few years prior to deciding on BB Wisely as the name of the band. The band name is a fusion of Bridget, Ben, and "Chime Wisely", a band created by Davis and guitarist Will Graefe. The Bridget Kearney Band Kearney has worked with a varying array of other musicians, producers and performers to create her own recordings, videos and tour, solely performing her own music under her own name. Other tours were designed as collaborations with varying musicians each taking the lead role in arranging and performing their own songs with the other members backing and exchanging instruments. These appearances were sometimes referred to under the name of each, or all, performers. Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis began making music together performing as "BbGun" from the time they were students together at the New England Conservatory of Music. In 2015 the two alumni teamed up to create original works which are in part a fusion of music from the west African country of Ghana and Kearney and Davis' music. Various artists, including Stevo Atambire and Aaron Bebe Sukura as well as musical instruments and cultural elements from Ghana were used by the artists from Ghana, Kearney and Davis in the making of these recordings. The results of these creative efforts are contained in two recorded music releases: "Bawa" in 2015 and "Still Flying" in 2020. Joy Kills Sorrow Kearney was also a major songwriter and stand up bass player for Joy Kills Sorrow from 2005 to 2012. Joy Kills Sorrow was a Boston-based, indie pop, American roots, string band formed in 2005. This band released three albums before Kearney left the band to join Lake Street Dive full-time. Cuddle Magic Cuddle Magic is a chamber pop collective that varies in membership. Kearney has written songs for and played with Cuddle Magic. The Fundies The Fundies was another part-time band collaboration featuring Margaret Glaspy, Rachael Price, Brittany Haas and Kearney. Their first performance was in 2010, and they self-released an EP called The Fundies in 2012. Glaspy and Haas played a Fundies reunion gig in 2015. Discography Solo Albums Won't Let You Down (2017) Singles I Bet UR (Nov 2021) So Badly (Dec 2021) Diary Fire (Feb 2022) All This Time (Mar 2022) With Lake Street Dive In