Siriusxm’s satellite station launched Celia Cruz on Thursday SUGAR!a special channel that will be available throughout the year in Honor to the centenary of the birth of the Queen of Salsa (1925-2003).
The program celebrates its musical legacy, since its years in Fania Records to its most universal hymns, and reviews the impact of its work on contemporary artists, the agency said EFE.
The channel will include the great classics of Celia Cruz and themes of musicians influenced by his career such as Angélique Kidjo, Buena Vista Social Club, Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Tito Puente, Tito Nieves, India and members of the Fania All Stars.
During the first month, there will be special programs such as Celia & Tito, conducted by Tito Puente JR.; Quarter Legacy, with India; and tobacco and rum, a boleros space presented by Willy Chirino.
In addition, on October 2 the 100 Years of Sugar Concert will be transmitted! All Stars, recorded in Siriusxm studies in Miami, with figures such as Albita, José Alberto “El Canario”, Lena Burke, Lucrecia and Tony & Mimy Succar.
Born in Havana and died in 2003, Celia Cruz was one of the most influential artists in Latin music. He achieved fame with the Sonora Matancera, consolidated his career in exile with Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco and Willie Colón, and helped internationalize the sauce as a genre.
Winner of multiple Grammy awards and distinguished with the National Medal of Arts in the United States, In 2024 he became the first Afrolatin woman to appear in an American currency.
Celia Cruz sugar! It can be heard from today in the Siriusxm application and, temporarily, in cars through channel 79 between September 26 and October 3.
