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For Black History Month, NPR member station KUTX is featuring some of the Black artists shaping the Austin music scene.

NSYNC's 2000 smash was the peak of the TRL era, but it was also an outlier — a subtly forward-thinking pop record that got everything right about where the mainstream was headed.

An unapologetic party-punk raver for the abortion rights movement.

Joined by fellow Y2K-appreciator Rina Sawayama, Charli XCX adds a wistful, garage spin to September's biggest hit to create the yearning lament that is "Beg for You."

On her new album, the R&B singer trades soft lullabies of resilience for the cosmic story of a Punjabi space princess. The result is electrifying, bringing a new depth to even her most personal songs.

The Wilco frontman talks about using music to cope, appreciating the exercise of prose writing and releasing his first original solo album.

Arriving in New York at 17, Tuelo went on to sing backup vocals for iconic artists, among them Hugh Masekela, Angelique Kidjo and Paul Simon. Today, she is finally releasing an album all her own.

Jon Appleton, who helped develop the digital synthesizer, has died. He was an innovator in what he called "electro-acoustic music," using effects to reshape natural sounds and field recordings.

Britt Daniel of Spoon tells NPR's Ailsa Chang that the band kept the blueprint simple for their 10th album: make a great rock and roll record.

An off-Broadway show, based on a 1931 novel, explores the results when a scientist charges Black people $50 each to change their race with his new invention.