New Video: The Womack Sisters Share Strutting and Urgent “Chauffeur”

Rising Los Angeles-based soul trio The Womack Sisters — Kucha, Zeimani and BG — can trace the origins of their careers to their childhood: The trio were singing before they could even walk. They grew up on stages and in studios across the globe, singing behind their parents, as well as their legendary uncle, Bobby Womack. And adding to The Womack Sisters’ remarkable pedigree, their grandfather was the iconic Sam Cooke. 

No matter where they called home at the time — London, Thailand, Amsterdam, Kenya, West Virginia, The Bahamas — music and family were always a constant at the center of their lives. Of course, as the sisters grew up, each with their own respective journeys, experiences and heartaches, they managed to find their own voices and their own path.

Each member of the trio has their own individual vocal, but they playfully trade leads and effortlessly (and perfectly) blend their harmonies in a way that only siblings can. 

Back in 2016, a mutual friend introduced The Womack Sisters to Daptone Records co-owner and producer Gabriel Roth, a.k.a. Bosco Mann, who heard them sing and fell quickly and deeply in love with their voices. Shortly after, they met, they went to Daptone’s Riverside, CA-based Penrose Studios to record their label debut, “If You Want Me“/”I Just Don’t Want You (To Say Goodbye).”

The rising Los Angeles trio’s long-awaited self-titled, full-length debut is slated for an August 14, 2026 through Daptone Records. The album’s latest single “Chauffeur” is a strutting bit of old-school-inspired soul that showcases the trio’s remarkable vocal range, impeccable sense of harmony and their deeply personal, lived-in lyrics.

On “Chauffeur,” the sisters recount the trials, tribulations they each faced while trying to make ends meet as Uber drives. In each of their respective verses, they recount the hustle and drive required to make ends meet — by any legal means possible — while having greater ambitions, and grappling with the futility of trying to stack meager fares into rent money. While deeply soulful, the song evokes the drive, unease, desperation and seething frustration of someone who has to grind — to barely survive. And it’s rooted in the plain language of struggle and cash flow.

“’Chauffeur’  is about the hustle of life that we all are in – the day to day, trying to survive, and looking forward to your day in the sun,” The Womack Sisters’ Zeimani Womack says. “It’s a song for the underdogs, and the encouragement to keep pushing. Things can be rough and get a little rocky, but as long as you have the faith, you will make it.”

Directed by Shauna Presto, the stylishly shot accompanying video features each of The Womack Sisters as the song’s titular chauffeur, driving passengers who seem completely unconcerned sit in the back seat. They may be struggling to survive but they have their dignity and their dreams of making it.

The Womack Sisters will be joining Thee Sacred Souls and LA LOM on their summer amphitheater tour, The Constellation Tour. They’ll also play an album release show with the legendary Al Green at Hollywood Bowl on August 14, 2026.

The Womack Sisters 2026 Tour Dates

May 21 / London, UK – Jazz Cafe

May 24 / London, UK – Cross the Tracks

Aug 1-2 / Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon

Aug 4 / Calgary, ALB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium^

Aug 8 / Carnation, WA – Remlinger Farms*

Aug 9 / Vancouver, BC – Freedom Mobile Arch*

Aug 11 / Forest Grove, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge Concerts at The Grove*

Aug 12 / Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amp*

Aug 14 / Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl~

Aug 15 / Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre*

Aug 16 / Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center at Fresno State*

Aug 18 / Salt Lake City, UT – Beddy’s Plaza at America First Field*

Aug 20 / Denver, CO – Junkyard* 

Aug 21 / Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater* 

Aug 22 / Taos, NM – Red Willow Park* 

Aug 25 / El Paso, TX – El Paso County Coliseum* 

Aug 26 / Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre* 

Aug 28 / San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at PetCo Park*

Sep 10 / San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum*

Sep 11 / Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall* 

Sep 12 / Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory* 

Sep 15 / Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy*

Sep 17 / Vienna, VA – Filene Center at WolfTrap* 

Sep 18 / Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion* 

Sep 20 / Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre* 

Sep 22 / Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion* 

Sep 23 /  Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center*

Sep 26 / Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed Fairgrounds* 

^with Thee Sacred Souls

*The Constellation Tour with Thee Sacred Souls & LA LOM

~with Al Green

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