Emma Cook has been looking out.

With her upcoming album, Of the Morning, Emma turns inward to share some of her rawest songs yet. With songs written while Cook was turning thirty a month into a global pandemic, and becoming a mother, Cook sings about forbidden fruit and moon phases and the climate crisis, and unveiling every feeling in between. “Of the Morning a tender chronicle about growing the f*** up" shares Cook.

With thoughtful lyrics and upbeat grooves, her commanding and expressive vocal range soothes even while she’s unveiling a moment that will crack your heart wide open. Her presence, vulnerability and humor onstage reflect her delightfully melancholy experience of being human.

A “formidable songwriter and instrumentalist” coming from a long line of musicians and performers; Emma’s sound effortlessly blends the folk, Americana, jazz, and soulful pop that raised her, into something uniquely her own.

She grew up rooted in the Michigan folk and traditional music community, and she’s been learning and writing songs for almost two decades. She released her first solo effort Days of Wonder in 2011 with a positive local reception, and immediately took off to India for five months. 

Since 2011 she has released four albums (1 EP & 3 LPs) along with five singles with her other Vermont based projects: EmaLou & The Beat, Miss Emma, and with backing band Questionable Company which “leveraged Emma’s incomparably smooth vocals to create something that sounds close to magic“ [The Deli Magazine, 2019].

Emma is deeply connected to her Michigan roots, and currently resides in Vermont. In her community she is a music educator and children’s musician, in addition to her work as a songwriter and performer. She is currently preparing to release her first solo project in over a decade, and most recently opened for Katie Pruitt, and played legendary folk venue Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. In late 2024 Emma successfully completed her first crowdfunding campaign raising over $15K to complete and release Of the Morning.

More than just about anything Emma believes in the Power of Music: to connect, to heal, to dissolve, to expose. Her songs were offered to her from somewhere beyond her Self, and she now offers them to you. When not making music you’ll find Emma in the garden, practicing yoga, riding bikes, skiing in the mountains, making food, doing laundry, swimming, or reading.