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Emma Cowan [[File:Rs=w 1950,h 1200.webp|thumb|Emma Cowan performing live with her band Criminal Rock at the 2018 Blue Water Music Awards Ceremony in Port Huron, MI.

Born             Emma Christine Cowan

August 8th, 1999(age 21)

St Clair, Michigan

Other names  MirandaCowan

Occupation   Musician - Artist - Songwriter - Writer - Social Media Marketer - Cashier - Janitorial Work

Years active  2012-present

Spouse(s)      none

Children         1

Musical Career

Genres      Rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal, grunge, punk, punk rock, funk, alternative, instrumental

Instruments Bass - Guitar - Drums - Piano - Vocals

Associated acts Criminal Rock, Fallout Kings, Emmalina Cowan, ]]

Emma Christine Cowan(born August 8th, 1999) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. She is the bassist and vocalist in her band Criminal Rock, who has opened for Dio Disciples at Holy Diver in January of 2018, and played over a hundred shows across the country. She won the 2018 Best Female award, and her band won the 2018 WTF award in the Blue Water Music Awards in February of 2019. With her band Criminal Rock she released her first album "A Light in the Dark" in January of 2017, and a few years later in April of 2020 released her second album "Panic Attack". She started a personal project called Emmalina Cowan in 2017 and released three songs on bandlab. In 2017 she briefly filled in on drums for Fallout Kings opening for Dokken at Ace of Spades in Sacramento, California. In 2019 she recorded one song(Banana Power and the Texas Waterslide) with Izzy Jaxx in Citrus Heights, California. More recently she has been hosted on Cave Radio's Big and Bigger podcast in 2018, Where's My Light podcast in 2019, and The Breakdown Riff podcast in 2021. She was published in Folsom's Style Magazine in February, 2017. She won Selfie Superstar on WSAQ radio in 2020.

Life

Emma Christine Cowan was born August 8th, 1999, in St. Clair Michigan, the daughter of musician Brian Cowan II(1980) and bartender and server Melisa Cowan(1979). Three months after Emma was born her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona where her younger brother, Brian Cowan III(Tre), was born June 20th, 2001. She was heavily influenced by her father, growing up watching him play drums in bands. "I always dreamed of playing shows to a huge crowd when I was younger. I thought it was so badass" Emma was homeschooled by her parents, and graduated from The Cowan School of Rock in 2013. In 2006, her family moved to Sacramento, California and her youngest brother Drake Cowan was born August 19th, 2012. In 2012 Emma started playing bass and piano for the first time, and joined in a band with her dad and brother forming Criminal Rock. They played their first show and recorded and released two songs("Drake Stone" and "Electric Orange") three months after Emma began playing bass. In 2018, her and her family moved back to Port Huron, Michigan and her parents separated. She continued furthering her musical career with her band Criminal Rock, as well as working full time at various jobs. She currently is a new mother to her daughter Melody, works full time, and continues to write and play music.