Rocktopia: Emerald - 'Master I Am' - CD Review

A Fireworks Magazine / Rocktopia album review by Paul Jerome Smith: Emerald is the brainchild of Irish drummer and songwriter Thomas Maher. In 2006 he sought four likeminded musicians to form a band to play classic rock music. The four musicians who joined at that time came from Italy, France, Britain and Brazil: Alessandro Lofoco (bass), Yoann Claude and Ashley Cooper (guitars) and Yvan Silva (vocals), and following extensive gigging around the globe recorded 'Master I Am'. However, I note that Lofoco and Claude have now gone and Ben Groves (bass) and Keith Hawkins (guitars) have joined the band. http://ping.fm/Ho8LI