Lisette Santiago on LP Bata Drums

In this online video performance Lisette Santiago plays three LP Bata Drums to demonstrate two traditional rhythms. Lisette Santiago is a multi-instrumentalist who began singing at the age of four. When she was nine years old, she auditioned and was accepted into the Childrens Metropolitan Choir. She later pursued her musical studies at the famed LaGuardia High school of Music and the Arts, and while at Columbia University, received vocal coaching as part of a ColumbiaJuilliard joint program.

[@Fangsinurface]

Why does this have dislikes? Let me guess the so called expert know it all's feel this wasn't up to their expectations? This woman did and outstanding job. She masterfully played and her voice was perfect for this type of drum. Excellent!!

[@misssusansrockacademy7872]

I'm just guessing that the dislikes are people who feel woman still shouldn't touch the Batá, but that's one of the things I love about this performance.

[@rawlineeastsidebulliesbull6858]

Agreed she did amazing people just hate ase’

[@keysersoze2208]

Needs more nudity.

[@lisettesoul]

@Carlos Thanks for checking it out . I am not offended since I've heard much worse as a female bataléra. I guess playing 3 drums with 2 hands that are normally played by six can come off sounding less than genuine but I can assure you a lot went into transcribing so as to stay true to the rhythms. Re: trying "hard to sound African" I only strive to play music not make a political statement. Musically sound critique allows "grown-up" dialogue rather than subjective attacks on race and gender.

[@TupakSade]

How can anyone dislike this? Beautiful playing and singing, Lisette.

[@sf5823]

You bring happiness and peace into this world with your wonderful talent, beautiful!

[@chriscapone]

Lisette your amazing god, spirit, and Orisha bless your talents.

[@aharper12]

Wow, I am amazed at your passion, and talent...Playing 3 drums at the same time while singing!!! Awesome!

[@HUSTLEMAN2]

I COULD WATCH THIS EVERYDAY! AMAZING!

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eardleyscott4932]

Not many words, only reaction. AWESOME !

[@joaquinizquierdo769]

Bravo Lisette. Tremendo egguns que te acompañan.

[@vituspirchner]

Great 😍 I love it 😘

[@lesliejimenez8204]

Love this!

[@tattootiff274]

beautiful singing and rhythm!!

[@CoatiMundiWorld]

Just beautiful Lisette ....Dulce ... Pa'Lante!!!

[@SlyHikari03]

Wonderful!

[@jimmysqueezyronin5623]

sounds truly beautiful

[@JabezMaurer]

Wonderful! Im looking to learn Bata...This is very inspiring and fulfilling while I wait...

[@uduboy]

Wonderful - very moving... Thank you.

[@fabriciocachoeira2151]

Maravilhosa!!lindo

[@romol2000]

VERY IMPRESSED!

[@scottfeiner]

Really enjoyed this Lisette!

[@garvin80]

Great video and awesome singing. Thanks so much for adding to the resources for those of us interested in playing 3 bata. Much respect!

[@gamaldar.hamdallh9639]

Gratidão por compartilhar harmonia!!!

[@camaroni1]

excelente ejecucion,tremendo .

[@iggyspirit]

its beautiful man, thank you..

[@HUSTLEMAN2]

You are why I now want these....you are Incredible!

[@diegotimba]

Wow! Felicitaciones!

[@hectornegron9155]

Does anybody know the name of the first song and where I can find the lyrics to it? I've heard Milton Cardona sing it many times and would love to be able to sing along.

[@gasparsena1]

Rezo for Elegua Bara suayo omonya laguana mama kenya irawo e Bara suayo omonya laguana mama kenya irawo e O bara suayo eke echu odara Omonya laguana mama kenya irawo e

[@WomenFrameDrumming]

Beautiful Voice and Beautiful Drumming!

[@piayasmin9034]

Great video Lisette.

[@untouchable5165]

so beautiful !! both the drumming and Lisette.....ASE O !

[@widonaegele9465]

amacing!

[@Jacsierra]

Wow amazing

[@tracifahimi752]

very nice!

[@appleconga]

I recently performed in Nigeria, Africa. Where the land of Yoruba began and the origins of the Bata Drum are born. You know how many Bata players I found and I was on a mission and had access. ZERO. The Bata drums LP sells and other companies sell are known as ABERIKULA, A non sacred drum, these drums are allowed to be played by anyone man or women and can be applied to all types of music. they are meant to enrich music and not to be excluded from a musician because of gender or race.

[@odedfried-gaon2880]

awesome

[@xyzcarlatino]

Love to see her play

[@AdrianD2010]

que hermoso interpretas , me gusta muuuucho

[@aLortizable]

"Ay bendito", me encanta.

[@IvanF3_]

precioso!

[@reyfernandezjr]

Very nice, I am very proud of watching this video. You are really talented young lady, do you a website???

[@aderounmuadefemi7030]

Brilliant

[@7narada7]

Amazing wowwww

[@danza0626]

divina !

[@mirtalucisano6364]

TAN BELLA COMO TALENTOSA...

[@Ayom77]

Bela Voz! Ayan te abençoe!

[@eardleyscott4932]

Is this available on DVD?

[@cesarcastillo4677]

very nice.

[@cocoelyssesofficial]

Awesome!

[@mariselanarsisoa1063]

Coco Elysses Camila kbeyo

[@mariselanarsisoa1063]

Amen iguar

[@lisettesoul]

@chriscapone Thank you.

[@jonnyhatter35]

that's extremely impressive that you did the work of six hands and sang too! respect

[@TiqueO6]

Fantastic! (and doing the Rezo - that's really hard, anyone not suitably impressed, just try it yourself!). Loved it!

[@edwinblas1]

nice drumming

[@LaTesea]

😍😍😍

[@merlina2330]

Nice💃

[@MUSIQUITO8]

QUE BELLEZA DE MUJER Y QUE TALENTO.... Hermosa!!

[@thefuzzband3079]

Yeah !!!! Lisette !!! Luv ya LAG!

[@onamemmet]

Wonderful, all the way around.

[@LPYT]

😃

[@jonnyhatter35]

@cubanito323 dude, MUSIC is sacred. and music is our greatest creation. Just enjoy the music

[@lindabetches6135]

You are so awesome. My neice told me that you are her music teacher and Link she loves the song Lisette. And just to let you know if you have any Spanish songs to teach the kids Nadiyah can help she speaks spanish shes dominica

[@bronxsea]

Muy impresonate y Bella. Funny I met her today.

[@HUSTLEMAN2]

You make me want these! I don't know what you're saying.....BUT YOU SOUND GREAT! LOL

[@juliotirado2793]

BEUTIFULL

[@brainsareus]

....And,the performance,also... ;)

[@JaviPalabra]

I enjoyed it! While there is obvious discrepancies within the religious sector - those are not sanctified drums. It obvious you are a musician and I support this type of work. The very small hiccups in your the beat went almost unnoticeable and honestly I could never do better :-) i'm terrible at playing - my rhythm is in my feet and not in my hands. Sigue por alli que tu va bien! Ashe pa'ti :-)

[@dave19cat]

Very good! What language are you singing in?

[@AlejandroGonzalez-tf8lq]

Yoruba

[@manuelrios556]

Hey Lisette my english is very bad, pero realmente te felicito por tu presentación al honrarnos al tocar El Batá.

[@dc5857]

Can you please add caption

[@appleconga]

Did you even notice how beautifully Lisette sang? and her passion while playing those rhythms? I can tell you she did a beautiful job and played them correctly. Instead of noticing the Gender MrTimothy you should of gained inspiration. I recommend next time you search out a bit of knowledge and focus on expanding the mind and not creating barriers to keep it blind. The beauty of music and why I became a musician. Music has no boundaries, it does not exclude, it can transend and inspire. Be +

[@airan13]

Esse bata ta cantando em :D

[@robersalso]

si señor ashe,mi reyna

[@brainsareus]

Reminds me of Angela Bofill song.............. 'The Voyage'

[@CarlosHernandez-uv7ii]

MIRA KE BIEN,

[@nagybemadariagapouymiro3420]

QUE DIOS TE BENDIGA, TAMBIÉN TOCO LOS BATA EN EL ATRIL.

[@nagybemadariagapouymiro3420]

Hola, pienso que las mujeres percusionistas debiéramos de tener un festival no competitivo, exclusivamente de mujeres percusionistas en los diferentes instrumentos. ESTE ES UN VIEJO ANHELO. Qué tal si comenzamos a tener contacto entre nosotras a fin de hacer comentarios al respecto.

[@valteriano]

achée

[@mbcalderon77]

gracias lisette por inspirar a otras mujeres todo mi ache de esta omo eleggua y recuerda que a palabras necias oidos sordos ademas yo quiero que me digan la razon no excusa del porque las mujeres no podemos tocar los aña adonde lo dejo escrito olodumare o en que oddun ya estoy harta del sexismo,machismo e inseguridad de los hombres y esta omo lejitima de eleggua nunca se cansara de luchar por la igualdad asi que lisette siempre pa'lante porque pa tras ni pagarrar inmpulso 333

[@lowboy03]

Mammita you are a Bad ass & make me feel Awsum to be a child of Eleggua My daddy would be proud! Maferefun Eleggua!!!

[@yemayacajeroboy]

u go mama!! meet u thru ebeth in philly. anybody gives u a hard time?...send them my way,i live to crack faces

[@MrMiguelito59]

Debera,debera muy muy bien,jajajaja Merio de imaginarme yo tratando.

[@boricua153]

Maferefun Elegua

[@appleconga]

Well, MrTimothy I'm sorry to say but your a little miss informed. There are Batas of course for ceremonies these are Sacred Drums or Baptized drums and although you may be correct in that the majority are men who play them. Women like Lisette and many other are only expanding it's voice and carrying on the traditions.

[@SunilPatil-ou5rr]

Vaaaaaa

[@Tataoriate]

Will u marry me lol you sound great moforibale eleggua

[@VivaPR21]

Aquí se esta tocando un juego de tambores ABERIKULA que cualquiera los puede tocar sin problema. Hay muchas mujeres que tocan y son tremendas tamboleras pero respetan a Añá y no se ponen con esa politiquería barata. Vuelvo y repito que hay ceremonias dentro de la Ocha que no se pueden llevar a cabo sin que hayan mujeres presentes y nosotros los hombres no nos ponemos a protestar porque así son las cosas y las aceptamos.

[@fernandrenauferrer7049]

tomorow, i stop play .....

[@Tolugba]

God Bless her. Jesus Moses Christ, she'll take out out your whole band. Cats were late for the gig, she said PSSSH, I got it. Hahaha. Ase!

[@ElJibaroBravo]

Interesting...as a female she is not allowed to touch these drums. She plays them well.

[@alexvima1000]

por que incisten esto es tabu para las mujeres no sean errespetuosas

[@lindabetches6135]

Sorry dominican

[@VivaPR21]

Disculpa pero este comentario demuestra una ignorancia profunda. Esto no se trata de Política sino de Religión. No mezcles las dos cosas porque de verdad que eso te hace ver mal. Una mujer ni en Añá AfroCubano ni en Añá Yorubá puede tocar los tambores. La carga de Añá imposibilita que una mujer toque. Tanto en Africa como en Cuba, los tambores son reservados para hombres. Hay ceremonias en la Ocha que no se pueden hacer sin que hayan mujeres presentes. Por eso vamos a gritar discriminación?

[@VivaPR21]

This is a set of COMMERCIALLY FABRICATED drums. Anyone can play these drums. They have absolutely no religious value whatsoever. They are good for practicing and learning licks. What is a set of FUNDAMENTO DE AÑÁ is something TOTALLY DIFFERENT. I am an OMO AÑÁ and do not have a problem with seeing a woman play LP batas. Lissette does well for herself. She plays and sings with great flow and I imagine she worked very hard for that... And she's also beautiful, but I digress....

[@caruca0572]

who said this waman is white your wrong

[@MrTimothy2347]

im sorry but in africa tradition women donot play the bata its tribal and spiritual the drum must be burned now

[@cesarcastillo4677]

very nice.