Michael Beharie and Teddy Rankin-Parker's collaborative debut exists somewhere between neoclassical and electronic music, where the lines aren't so much blurred but broken.
The release, An American Treasure, is due out Sept. 28 and will include more unreleased songs, outtakes, alternate versions, rarities, live tracks and deep cuts.
The award, bestowed annually since 1982, amounts to a lifetime achievement for luminaries of the form — this year's class includes the creator of Schoolhouse Rock! and a South African legend.
On this week's playlist, Spanish rapper Mala Rodríguez returns with her first solo track in five years, Gaby Moreno delivers an old pro-immigrant anthem with renewed fervor, and Cubaton goes global.