A NEW trend is emerging in the international music world. In recent months, some of the biggest artists from the 1990s and 2000s have re-entered the scene after being away for many years.

The Paris Noir exhibition honors the Black artists from the 1950s to 2000 who fled from the United States to Paris on a quest for freedom.

Few artists define a scene like Tech N9ne and Kansas ... Sheryl Crow and more: 2000s Missouri music essentials Aarik Danielsen is the features and culture editor for the Tribune.