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Alison Krauss is set to pay tribute to Emmylou Harris at a concert in January.
“The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration” will take place Jan. 10 at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Krauss and Conor Oberst are the latest acts added to the top-billing lineup, which includes Kris Kristofferson, Joan Baez, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams and Mavis Staples.
The 67-year-old Harris also will take the stage.
Other performers include Mary Chapin Carpenter, Martina McBride, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell and others.
Don Was and Buddy Miller will work as music directors. The concert will be taped and air at a later date.
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Popular Spanish author Juan Goytisolo has won the 2014 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.
Education Minister Jose Ignacio Wert announced the prize Monday, saying he had given the news to Goytisolo in Morocco, where the writer lives.
Goytisolo, 83, is considered one of Spain’s most important writers since the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. A strong critic of Catholic Spanish society, many of his books deal with life during Spain’s post-war dictatorship and his later exile. His works include “Marks of Identity”, “Count Julian” and “Juan the Landless”.
The $155,000 prize generally alternates between Spanish and Latin American writers. Last year’s winner was Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska.
The prizes are presented each April 23, the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote.”
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