Brandi Carlile's By The Way, I Forgive You comes out Feb. 16. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brandi Carlile performs a live World Cafe Session at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Liz Waldie/WXPN hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: The singer, MILCK at the Women's March on Washington in January, Lorde, Big Thief, SZA, Partner, Moses Sumney Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Brandi Carlile's By The Way, I Forgive You comes out Feb. 16. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Cover Stories, a new compilation of artists covering Brandi Carlile's The Story, released on May 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Cover Stories, a new compilation of artists covering Brandi Carlile's The Story, comes out May 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brandi Carlile performs at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption

Brandi Carlile's fifth studio album, The Firewatcher's Daughter, will be out on March 3. David McClister/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brandi Carlile performs live on KEXP. Matthew B. Thompson/KEXP hide caption

Brandi Carlile. Rocco Peditto/WXPN hide caption

Brandi Carlile performs live in NPR's Studio 4A. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption

Brandi Carlile's song "Dying Day" took on new meaning for a Wisconsin woman hoping to adopt a child from Ethiopia. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brandi Carlile and the Indigo Girls recently performed on World Cafe. Courtesy of the artist hide caption