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#16 Alex Cuba's Healer — q's top 20 albums of 2015

q's tech extraordinaire Alain Derbez joins Shad to explain why Alex Cuba's Healer takes the #16 spot.
Alex Cuba's is a dose of positivity in cynical times. (Paul Darrow/Reuters)

Alll month we'll be counting down the top 20 albums of 2015 — our annual list of must-hear albums.

q's tech extraordinaire Alain Derbez joins Shad to explain why Alex Cuba's Healer takes the #16 spot. It's an unapologetically vulnerable, intimate record, says Alain, adding that it stands apart in a world that can be so cynical. 

Alain also translates some of the album's most uplifting lyrics. 

WEB EXTRA | As played on air, here's Cuba's tribute to his wife, Sarah.