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On this week's All Songs Considered, we share buzzing Canadian rock, lush Latin pop, dreamy Norwegian dance music, English punk and more.

In the '50s, Jamaican musicians combined Caribbean calypso and American jazz and R&B to create ska — the foundation of future developments like reggae. Now, jazz musicians are closing the circle of influence. For late summer, here are five songs inspired by the island's characteristic riddims.

Charity Dreyer, 21, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12.

Both tax proposals in the House and the Senate would add about $1.5 trillion to the nation's debt over the next 10 years. That's a big concern for many economists and some lawmakers.

If your only memory of the accordion comes from Lawrence Welk reruns, there's someone you should check out. Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen loves to…

You've heard the old joke, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice." There are many people, famous and not, to whom credit for the…

The Ohio House has approved a bill that would make tax ballot issues use specific language to describe the potential cost of the levy to voters.

Sen. Sherrod Brown says he needs to take a closer look at the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement before making a decision.The USMCA updates the 25-year-old…

Despite teasing a potential run for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat, former journalist and Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera says he decided against…

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with KUOW listener Jacob Jaffe of Seattle.