In the middle of a global pandemic, Santiago Cruz is keeping motivated one song at a time. The Colombian singer-songwriter curated an exclusive playlist for Billboard featuring 20 songs that are helping him get by these trying times, kicking off with Mumford & Sons’ “Guiding Light.” "When uncertainty and despair are upon us, the music ends up being our best ally and our shelter,” Cruz tells Billboard. “It puts a mirror in front of us and shows us who we really are -- it becomes our guiding light.
Some -- if not all -- of these songs, have guided and accompanied several of my days in these past couple months. I hope the audience finds something in this list that vibrates with them.” Dubbed “El Faro” (translation: the lighthouse), Cruz’s