Luke Grimes made ‘Redbird’ the way country albums used to get made. Recorded primarily at Georgia May Studio in Savannah and Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, the 10-track sophomore album is out now via Range Music/MCA, produced by Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb, and built around Grimes’ steady baritone and emotionally direct songwriting.
“Making Redbird was a cathartic experience in many ways,” Grimes says. “Sometimes the highs and lows of life are too much to express with words, so song becomes necessary. As deeply personal as it is, the themes are simple and universal: love, loss, and learning along the way.”
Classic country foundations and organic instrumentation run through every track. Grimes co-wrote the majority of the album and contributed acoustic guitar, percussion, and drums throughout the sessions alongside Cobb and collaborators including Jessie Jo Dillon and Natalie Hemby. The production favors space over decoration, letting the songwriting carry the weight.
The album moves through a range of emotional territory with precision. “Drink Drink Drink” and “Haunted” wrestle with self-doubt and reckoning. “Without You,” “A Little More Time,” and lead single “Love You Now” sit with commitment, loss, and the discipline of staying present. It’s a record that rewards close listening.
Grimes grew up in Ohio playing music in church, listening to Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. After years in Los Angeles and Montana during the filming of Yellowstone, he landed in Nashville and built a catalog that has now crossed 200 million global streams. His debut single “No Horse to Ride” debuted in the Top 10 on the Country Songs Sales Chart. ‘Redbird’ is the natural next step from an artist who knows exactly what kind of music he wants to make.
Audiences know Grimes best as Kayce Dutton on Paramount Network’s Yellowstone. He now stars in the leading role of CBS series MARSHALS, currently airing. The dual career isn’t a distraction. It’s context for an artist whose work across both screens and studios consistently comes back to character, storytelling, and restraint.
‘Redbird’ is out now via Range Music/MCA.
‘Redbird’ Tracklisting:
- High Rise Jeans
- Come Home
- Love You Now
- Hummingbird
- Drink Drink Drink
- Love Me That Way
- I’m Not Gonna Leave You
- Without You
- Haunted
- A Little More Time