WAMU-FM (88.5) has put Bluegrass Country, its bluegrass offshoot, up for sale. Without a buyer, it could fall silent by the end of the year. (Lisa M. Bolton/The Washington Post) At 6:30 p.m. on July 2 ...

WAMU will seek a buyer for its music service Bluegrass Country, station General Manager J.J. Yore told staffers Thursday afternoon. If one is not found by the end of December, the service will close.

Bluegrass and country music legend Ricky Skaggs plays Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Sunday with Kentucky Thunder.

Ricky Skaggs was seen as a rebel for switching from country music to bluegrass in the mid-'90s. In reality, he's a picker at heart, and country fans were lucky to have him on the radio during his run ...