During an appearance on The Today Show on Friday (May 16), Trisha Yearwood shared a story about being discouraged from songwriting at the age of 19 by an offhand comment from a man. “Bless his heart. I’m sure he probably wouldn’t even remember ever saying it, but… I was 19 years old. And I gave…

Sam Hunt’s “Country House” rises two places this week to reach No. 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, marking his 13th career Top 10 hit. The song was co-written by Hunt, Ross Copperman, Michael Lotten, and Josh Osborne, and is included in his recent release, Locked Up. Hunt, a native of Cedartown, Georgia, has a…