Date Signed: February 2025
Label: Daptone
Members: BG, Zeimani, and Kucha Womack
Type of Music: R&B
Management: thewomacksisters@redlightmanagement.com
Booking: josh@crossovertouring.com, kate@crossovertouring.com
Publicity: judy@motormouthmedia.com, mick@motormouthmedia.com
A&R: Gabe Roth/Daptone
Web: thewomacksisters.com
It’s been a long time since we heard a soul vocal group like The Womack Sisters. With a sound rooted in the classic R&B of the Supremes, the Pips, Aretha, etc. despite their relative youth, theirs is a refreshingly traditional, warm, and quite sweet throwback. That’s not to say that these women—BG, Zeimani, and Kucha Womack—don’t have an edge. But if we were told that a song like “You Went Away Too Long” had been written and recorded for Motown back in ’68 we’d have no reason to doubt it.
It shouldn’t be any susprise; the sisters are the offspring of Cecil and Linda Womack (AKA Womack & Womack), and the granddaughters of Sam Cooke. That’s a remarkable family history, marking three generations of musical brilliance.
Kucha says that she started writing music seriously when she was 11, but had been performing since she was just six.
“I started writing when I was nine—just poems but I later evolved to songwriting,” adds BG. “I kept them to myself for a long time no one knew.”
“I’ve been on stages performing and in studios making music with my family for as long as I can remember,” says Zeimani.
In describing their own sound, the trio says, “We would say our sound is soulful, gritty, rhythm & blues. We have always been eclectic as songwriters, there are so many different dimensions that have always existed within our musical wheelhouse.”
The Womack Sisters have signed with Brooklyn-based indie funk and soul label Daptone, with the deal occurring after a “good vibes” meeting with Gabe Roth.
“It was right after we put out the single “Darling,” they say. “We had released it independently and shot a video that was getting a lot of love, and people were seeing the clear direction we were taking with our music—soulful, classic rhythm & blues. It was a close friend that said we should call his friend at Daptone Records, because it would be a musical match.”
That’s how it turned out, and “You Went Away Too Long” is the first fruit of the relationship. “’You Went Away Too Long’ has a special meaning for all of us,” they say. “It’s about the void that is felt when a loved one disappears out of your life for what seems like forever, leaving you to face life alone.”
