Singer-songwriter, actress and producer Rita Wilson has released her sixth studio album, Sound of a Woman. Co-produced by Rita and nine-time GRAMMY® winning producer Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), the album was recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio in live, intimate sessions. Equal parts unfiltered memoir and nuanced observation of the world around her, Sound of a Woman is a searingly honest collection that traces the arc of a woman’s life.  

Reflecting on the song, Rita explains, “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.” 

An up-close meditation on stripping away the extraneous and reclaiming your true voice, Sound of a Woman offers a revelatory excavation of the self. With the album, Rita aims to create space for people of all generations and genders to join in the collective lifting of voices that often go unheard or unspoken. “Everyone has a story to tell—all of us, including men—and we each carry our struggles,” she says. “My hope is that this album gives insight into the many phases that women experience over the course of their lives and empowers them to look more closely at the woman sitting next to them, realizing there may be a lot more going on with her internally than what we see outwardly.”