Sound of a Woman
May 1st, 2026
With her sixth studio album, Sound of a Woman, Rita Wilson offers up a body of work unlike any other in the modern music canon: an impassioned suite of songs that follow the arc of a woman’s life, charting all the triumphs and missteps and unseen turning points leading to the radical awakening of full-fledged womanhood.
Sound of a Woman
Produced by: Dave Cobb & Rita Wilson
Written by:
Rita Wilson
Amy Wadge
Seth Alley
Trannie Anderson
Dave Cobb
Jessie Jo Dillon
Sound of a Woman
“I’ve come to a stage in my life where I’m only now just finding my voice, both metaphorically and literally. Many times I’ve felt muted—not necessarily by the world itself, but by my own sense of propriety as a very private person in a very public life and profession. Finally, I asked myself, “Does anyone actually know what I think or how I feel about anything?” “Sound of a Woman” was the first song we wrote for this album. Understanding and accepting that everything that life has thrown at me, as painful as some of it has been, has brought me to a place where I am more fully myself. I don’t think I am unique in that experience.”
Michelangelo
“There’s a quote from Michelangelo that I’ve always loved and that ended up inspiring this song. Someone asked how he made such moving, otherworldly sculptures and he told them, “I saw the angel in the marble, and carved until I set him free.” As an artist or as a woman in any facet of our lives, we are sculpting ourselves into being. Which to me means getting rid of all the excess and discovering who you are in the most essential sense, recognizing the work you’ve done to become the person you are.”
Your Mother
“Losing my mother eleven years ago made me realize there are so many questions I wish I’d asked her about her life while she was still here. I find myself remembering all the things she taught me and then passing them on to my own children— so even though she’s gone now, she’s still just as present. It’s made me want to speak more honestly with my kids now that they’ve grown, they can get to know the parts of me you can only talk about when you’re all adults.”