Wilhelmina Frankzerda, known by her pseudonym Wila Frank is an American singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville . Whether performing her soul-stirring solo repertoire, harmonizing in buzzy folk duo Paper Wings, or shredding fiddle and electric guitar with modern bluegrass queen Lindsay Lou, Frank shape-shifts effortlessly between styles, lending a tasteful producer’s ear and a fiery grace to everything she does. 

With her debut album 'Black Cloud' which came out in 2023, Frank immediately set a mesmerizing mood showcasing her evocative lyricism as well as her tasteful ear as a producer. The album garnered praise from NPR’s Music All Songs Considered who deemed it “Introspective and Cinematic”. In 2024 Frank dropped her EP, ‘Agua Verde’ on which she elicits poetry from the swirling depths of love and loss, enhanced by soul stirring strings. 2026 is proving a busy year for Frank on tour supporting Watchhouse and The Milk Carton Kids with duo Paper Wings, making her Opry debut with Lindsay Lou, and releasing new solo music over the summer.

Frank was raised on a farm in a small bohemian community near the Oregon coast where she formed an early passion for classical and folk music, learning violin at just four years old followed by piano, mandolin, cello, and guitar. After losing her father in a tragic accident when she was 12, she began writing songs as a way to help soothe her grief. “Writing has always felt a lot like dreaming to me; at once an escape from reality and a direct line to raw truths.”