Emma Reid was brought up in the north-east of England and started playing the fiddle at the age of three with her Swedish mother. At eighteen she moved to Stockholm to study Swedish folk music performance with Ellika Frisell and Sven Ahlbäck at the Royal College of Music, graduating in November 2003 with a concert in Stockholm's Concert Hall. Since then Emma has completed a Masters degree in Music at Newcastle University.
Emma performs and teaches regularly in Sweden, Britain and the USA. As well as performing solo she works extensively in several duos and is a member of the groups Ditt Ditt Darium, Tandoori, and Methera. She has also enjoyed collaborations with storytellers and dancers, and was Musical Director of a Northern Stage production in February 2005. In May 2005 Emma released her debut solo album Snake Bow to great acclaim, and toured the UK with Folkworks Fiddles on Fire. Since then Emma has released three duo albums and set up an acoustic concert series at Izzy Young's Folklore Centrum in Stockholm.