Funmi Olawumi: Funmi Ti De – review

(Joyful Noise)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 ...

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