The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration, will take place Jan. 10 in Washington D.C.
The show follows a recent Mavis Staples tribute that featured Arcade Fire, Jeff Tweedy and Bonnie Raitt, among others.
Harris' spectacle will include Staples, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Baez, Sheryl Crow and Lucinda Williams, while Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) and Alison Krauss were just added to the lineup this week, according to Radio.com.
Over Harris' nearly 50-year career, the singer has released 26 studio albums, all but three of which landed in the Billboard 200 (including Trio, a record with Linda Rondstadt and Dolly Parton that reached No. 6).
She recently told Rolling Stone that Joan Baez was her biggest influence as a young musician.
"I worshiped her," Harris said. "Still do in a way, because she just changed my whole focus on music. And I just admire her also as a person, how she's put herself out there in the fight for human rights all around the world, even when it wasn't being covered by the press."
Baez' self-titled 1960 debut had an especially large influence.
"Mostly they were old country songs, old English ballads," Harris said. "But then she got into talking about the civil rights movement, doing the songs of Dylan, who I was a huge fan of, too. You realize that music was not just singing about your heartbreak, but it was about changing people's hearts and minds. It really is an incredible tool in changing the world, and I think she's been an amazing example."
An autobiography has apparently been in the works for a while, but Harris made it sound like we shouldn't hold our breath.
"No, I haven't started that," she said. "People are telling me that I'm doing that. It's a work-in-progress."
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