Thu, Dec 17th
In December, Frank Fiction is joined by Tom and Thompson Wilson, the Hamilton father-and-son duo who record together as Tehohàhake. Tom fronted Junkhouse, co-founded Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and has won five Junos, and Thompson’s songs have been recorded by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Colin James. They’ll be joined by Hannah Green, the Newfoundland songwriter whose 2024 debut earned MusicNL nominations for Alternative Artist and Rising Star of the Year. Together, they’ll share the stage, trading stories and stripping down their songs in an intimate, collaborative circle.
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What is Songs In The Round?
Songs in the Round is an intimate concert where multiple songwriters share the stage, trading songs and stories one by one. Inspired by Frank Fiction’s decade as a songwriter in Nashville and the famous Bluebird Cafe, we’re bringing this unique format to Crown & Press, stripping songs to their essence: human, conversational, and often spontaneously collaborative. All evening, songwriters take turns sharing the story behind and then performing a song, offering the audience a rare look at the craft behind the music, with others sometimes joining in. It’s a listening-room experience built on connection, surprise, and songs as they were written: up close and personal.
Special Guests
Tom + Thompson Wilson
Tom Wilson has spent three decades at the centre of Hamilton music, fronting Junkhouse, co-founding Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, and reinventing himself as Lee Harvey Osmond. He has five Junos and has written or recorded with Sarah McLachlan, Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams and Mavis Staples. At 55 he learned he was Mohawk, a discovery that became the bestselling memoir Beautiful Scars, then a documentary and a stage musical. A Companion of the Order of Canada, he shares the mic with his son Thompson, formerly of Harlan Pepper, whose songs have been cut by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Colin James. Together they record as Tehohàhake, including the score for Shane Belcourt’s 2025 documentary.
Hannah Green
Newfoundland’s Hannah Green writes songs that sit somewhere between folk, indie and ambient, and plays them like she means every word. Her 2024 debut LP, Moving Fast In Slow Motion, produced by Nick Coultas-Clarke of Repartee, works through love, loss and the odd in-between of growing up. It earned her MusicNL nominations for Alternative Artist and Rising Star of the Year, followed by a Folk Artist of the Year nod in 2025. After years of touring Canada and a spring 2026 run of UK dates that included Focus Wales, she’s writing what comes next.
Who is Frank Fiction?
Frank Fiction is an alt-folk/americana project from Hamilton songwriter Elias Dummer, a Juno Award–winning recording artist whose career includes eight Billboard Top 40 singles, five Top 40 albums, and over 100 million streams. After a decade in Nashville, Dummer returned to his hometown of Hamilton to co-found Crown & Press, where he now hosts Songs In The Round—a full-circle moment that brings together a lifelong love of songs with a room where art meets everyday life.
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