March 7, 2025 • 6 mins
Singer-songwriter Bebe Stockwell is only 23 - but she's been at this for a long time! The rising artist Zoomed in to meet Bret's cat, discuss her dad pushing her to perform from an early age, and collaborating with Caamp.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This week on the Brett Sanders Podcast, Let's meet bb Stockwell.
She's from Boston, but she doesn't sound like it. She
has a terrific voice, but I can't play her music
for you right now for legal reasons, but you can
listen to it on the iHeartRadio app. Here's bb Stockwell.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Hey, this is mister Fluffy.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Oh my god, I'm so jealous, oh so much.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
He's such a great cat too. He's very present, you know,
all the time.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
He clever name because that caut is really fluffy.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Well, that's the name he came with when we adopted him.
We weren't going to change his name at six years old.
Bbe Stockwell, what a pleasure. You have a magnificent voice
that you have developed. It reminds me a lot of jazz.
Am I too far off bas with that.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
There are some jazz influences for sure. Yeah, I listened
to a lot of jazz when I was growing up.
So we're kind of off and on, not like consistently,
but yeah, like Billie Holliday, Yeah, everyone's like kind of
influenced me at the very beginning, different phases of like
listening to different artists. But yeah, definitely at the very beginning,
I was listening to a lot of jazz.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
How did you find that voice?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Oh, I don't know. So many phases, I don't know.
I think just singing a lot. And I didn't know
I was going to do it for a career, so
it was just kind of like doing it for fun
a lot, like every day. So like when I was literal,
I think I sang. And then when I was I
was in a lot of like my parents put us
into a lot of I have two other sisters who
you did like all all did so many lessons. But
(01:34):
when I learned piano, I was just starting writing my
own music. And then guitar, I was I had a
teacher who was in this band called De La May
and she taught me had a songwrite which was like
a lot of folk and blue stuff that kind of
like affected my voice at the beginning. So I think
it was like pretty young, maybe like eight or seven.
And then it went through some weird variations, like it
went through some like remember like I mean ruth Bee's awesome,
(01:57):
but like I went through like a ruth Bee phase
or god and they like cool and Daisily didn't fit me.
But and then there's a pop phase, and there was
like the jazz phase, R and B and kind of
all like these different genres and then kind of like
meshed into what it is now. I guess, but I
think I had a bunch of phases trying to figure
out how to make it sound like me.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well, you did it, You've already done it now. I
also understand that you have a twin sister. Yeah, I do,
and that your dad, for lack of a better word,
forced you guys to have a band when you were little.
Is that true? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
My it's Annie bb Camille As.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
It was very right cool. Yeah, what kind of music
did you perform?
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Oh? God, I don't know. I think I played drums
a little singer. My twin played piano, really good it.
They're all actually really good at instruments too, But I
don't even know. Probably not great.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Probably wasn't that you're from Boston, correct? Yeah, you don't
sound like you're from Boston.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I don't know. I don't like a couple of people
with Boss accents, but I don't know too many people
with Boston accents, which is weird.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Please say park the car.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Oh in Boston accent?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Oh in your accent, the way you talk park the car.
See you're not from Boston. You're from Iowa, aren't you.
You're from Des Moines. I am my lad, So tell
us about this new song is called speak Too Soon.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I went to n y U and I went abroad
my senior year and I met a guy and didn't
work out, but I did get a lot of songs
out of it, and Speak You Soon as about the
beginning of our relationship. It's kind of like right before
I was going back to New York and I wanted
to tell him how I felt and know how to
(03:50):
say it so, and I was scared if I said
it too soon that he would be like, oh no.
So that's really what the song is about, just generally
like talking about I felt and being scared about it.
And then yeah, I finished it in LA and I
reached out to Hans Williams why I love as a
person and an artist, and he was so down to
(04:10):
be on it, and yeah, it's been I love it
so much, so I'm happy.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
So you got this great song out of that relationship.
That's something. Yeah, and we really like mine or inconveniences.
We've been playing it for a while on KBCO. You
have something very special going on. I can't really put
my finger on it, but you don't sound like anybody
else on the radio right now. Well that's so nice.
(04:36):
Sure you also have a song I understand with Camp.
How did that happen?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I met Taylor from Camp for coffee one day and
we kind of just clicked and became friends. And yeah,
we always send each other music back and forth. So
I'm a huge fandom Camp and of Taylor's. So yeah,
that's kind of how that happened. I think he semi
(05:02):
a song. He's like, do you want to sing on it?
And I was like yes, And I've been a fan
for a while, so it was it was very exciting
for me.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Do you have an album coming out?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I have an EP coming out in the spring, yeah,
which I'm so excited for, and a new song coming
out next week, so a bunch of new stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Do albums mean a lot to you? I'm kind of
asking this cross generationally. Is it a big deal to
have an album out or I mean in the world
of TikTok everything else YouTube, it doesn't seem to matter.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Well, it's like, I guess an EP, so it's a
bit shorter than an album, I would say, Yeah, it's
a big deal for me. I've never put out like
a body of work, so and it's like definitely from
a phase of my life that it's just cool to
like relive and talk about. And I love like starting
to make a world for this project. And yeah, that's
my favorite thing, to make a world for every song,
(05:56):
and like every time I'm right, I like think of
a music video where like what it's going to visually
look like. So having a group of songs is always
really fun for me.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Well we see you here in Colorado anytime soon.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
I hope.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
So.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
I love Colorado.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Well, you're always welcome here. We'd love to have you
come and play at the station if that's ever possible.
I love that, all right, BB Stockwell, I know you
have a lot of more important interviews to get too,
but you did get to see a cat, so I know.
All Well, nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Thank you so much, Thank you, Bb, and thanks for listening.
I'm Brett Sunders. See you next time.
This week on the Brett Sanders Podcast, Let's meet bb Stockwell.
She's from Boston, but she doesn't sound like it. She
has a terrific voice, but I can't play her music
for you right now for legal reasons, but you can
listen to it on the iHeartRadio app. Here's bb Stockwell.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Hey, this is mister Fluffy.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Oh my god, I'm so jealous, oh so much.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
He's such a great cat too. He's very present, you know,
all the time.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
He clever name because that caut is really fluffy.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Well, that's the name he came with when we adopted him.
We weren't going to change his name at six years old.
Bbe Stockwell, what a pleasure. You have a magnificent voice
that you have developed. It reminds me a lot of jazz.
Am I too far off bas with that.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
There are some jazz influences for sure. Yeah, I listened
to a lot of jazz when I was growing up.
So we're kind of off and on, not like consistently,
but yeah, like Billie Holliday, Yeah, everyone's like kind of
influenced me at the very beginning, different phases of like
listening to different artists. But yeah, definitely at the very beginning,
I was listening to a lot of jazz.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
How did you find that voice?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Oh, I don't know. So many phases, I don't know.
I think just singing a lot. And I didn't know
I was going to do it for a career, so
it was just kind of like doing it for fun
a lot, like every day. So like when I was literal,
I think I sang. And then when I was I
was in a lot of like my parents put us
into a lot of I have two other sisters who
you did like all all did so many lessons. But
(01:34):
when I learned piano, I was just starting writing my
own music. And then guitar, I was I had a
teacher who was in this band called De La May
and she taught me had a songwrite which was like
a lot of folk and blue stuff that kind of
like affected my voice at the beginning. So I think
it was like pretty young, maybe like eight or seven.
And then it went through some weird variations, like it
went through some like remember like I mean ruth Bee's awesome,
(01:57):
but like I went through like a ruth Bee phase
or god and they like cool and Daisily didn't fit me.
But and then there's a pop phase, and there was
like the jazz phase, R and B and kind of
all like these different genres and then kind of like
meshed into what it is now. I guess, but I
think I had a bunch of phases trying to figure
out how to make it sound like me.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well, you did it, You've already done it now. I
also understand that you have a twin sister. Yeah, I do,
and that your dad, for lack of a better word,
forced you guys to have a band when you were little.
Is that true? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
My it's Annie bb Camille As.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
It was very right cool. Yeah, what kind of music
did you perform?
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Oh? God, I don't know. I think I played drums
a little singer. My twin played piano, really good it.
They're all actually really good at instruments too, But I
don't even know. Probably not great.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Probably wasn't that you're from Boston, correct? Yeah, you don't
sound like you're from Boston.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I don't know. I don't like a couple of people
with Boss accents, but I don't know too many people
with Boston accents, which is weird.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Please say park the car.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Oh in Boston accent?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Oh in your accent, the way you talk park the car.
See you're not from Boston. You're from Iowa, aren't you.
You're from Des Moines. I am my lad, So tell
us about this new song is called speak Too Soon.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I went to n y U and I went abroad
my senior year and I met a guy and didn't
work out, but I did get a lot of songs
out of it, and Speak You Soon as about the
beginning of our relationship. It's kind of like right before
I was going back to New York and I wanted
to tell him how I felt and know how to
(03:50):
say it so, and I was scared if I said
it too soon that he would be like, oh no.
So that's really what the song is about, just generally
like talking about I felt and being scared about it.
And then yeah, I finished it in LA and I
reached out to Hans Williams why I love as a
person and an artist, and he was so down to
(04:10):
be on it, and yeah, it's been I love it
so much, so I'm happy.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
So you got this great song out of that relationship.
That's something. Yeah, and we really like mine or inconveniences.
We've been playing it for a while on KBCO. You
have something very special going on. I can't really put
my finger on it, but you don't sound like anybody
else on the radio right now. Well that's so nice.
(04:36):
Sure you also have a song I understand with Camp.
How did that happen?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I met Taylor from Camp for coffee one day and
we kind of just clicked and became friends. And yeah,
we always send each other music back and forth. So
I'm a huge fandom Camp and of Taylor's. So yeah,
that's kind of how that happened. I think he semi
(05:02):
a song. He's like, do you want to sing on it?
And I was like yes, And I've been a fan
for a while, so it was it was very exciting
for me.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Do you have an album coming out?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
I have an EP coming out in the spring, yeah,
which I'm so excited for, and a new song coming
out next week, so a bunch of new stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Do albums mean a lot to you? I'm kind of
asking this cross generationally. Is it a big deal to
have an album out or I mean in the world
of TikTok everything else YouTube, it doesn't seem to matter.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Well, it's like, I guess an EP, so it's a
bit shorter than an album, I would say, Yeah, it's
a big deal for me. I've never put out like
a body of work, so and it's like definitely from
a phase of my life that it's just cool to
like relive and talk about. And I love like starting
to make a world for this project. And yeah, that's
my favorite thing, to make a world for every song,
(05:56):
and like every time I'm right, I like think of
a music video where like what it's going to visually
look like. So having a group of songs is always
really fun for me.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Well we see you here in Colorado anytime soon.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
I hope.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
So.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
I love Colorado.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Well, you're always welcome here. We'd love to have you
come and play at the station if that's ever possible.
I love that, all right, BB Stockwell, I know you
have a lot of more important interviews to get too,
but you did get to see a cat, so I know.
All Well, nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Thank you so much, Thank you, Bb, and thanks for listening.
I'm Brett Sunders. See you next time.
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