Artist Info: Lord Pretender

Lord Pretender, (born Aldric Farrell, September 8, 1917, Tobago island, Trinidad and Tobago — January 22, 2002, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) was a Trinidadian calypso singer.

He was a master of “extempo” calypso, during a 72 year long career , in which the performer spontaneously devises songs filled with intricate lyrics and rhymes, usually in response to suggested subjects shouted from the audience. Some musicologists considered extempo a forerunner of modern rap music. [read more...]