Best known as leader of The Yoruba Women's Choir, Nigerian singer Funmi Olawumi makes her solo debut with a cheerful, upbeat album that matches her relaxed, soulful vocals against tight, driving percussion dominated by the stirring talking drums of the nine-piece Faaji Drummers of Nigeria. The tension between the two styles is central to her mostly easy-going faaji music compositions, which range from spirituals and love songs to dance pieces that make use of Nigerian rhythms from juju to fuji and afrobeat. Her singing is constantly driven on by the massed percussion, which also includes kit drums and congas, and she's helped, too, by slick, chanting backing vocals from two of the Naija Soul Sisters, funky bass work, and a saxophonist who tries to add in a dash of jazz. The result is a pleasant, good-time set that should sound even better heard live; she's at Ronnie Scott's in London next month.