Luke Grimes: From ‘Yellowstone’ to Nashville

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Fans of gritty TV dramas know Luke Grimes from his role as Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone and now CBS’s Marshals, which airs it's Season 1 finale on May 24th. But Grimes is every bit the country singer and songwriter as he is accomplished actor. In this freewheeling episode of Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, the Ohio native turned Montana resident shares what went into his new album Red Bird, how he made the successful transition to all-around artist, and why he said yes to reviving the role of Kayce on CBS’s latest hit. It’s a Nashville-meets-Hollywood conversation, only on Nashville Now. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.6	Welcome to Rolling Stones National Now podcast. I'm your host, Deputy Editor Joseph Hudak.
0:35.9	Welcome to the cabin. We're happy to have you here we are happy to
0:39.0	have our guests this week he is uh an actor you know him from the taylor sheridan universe
0:44.2	he was all over yellowstone fan favorite character and now he is the lead in the cbs series marshals
0:50.8	he has a new album out called redbird man Man, his country music is legit and real.
0:56.7	This is not some stereotype of an actor trying to sing. This is some good, honest and God country
1:03.3	music. It is Luke Grimes, and we are so happy to have him in the National Now cabin.
1:10.0	Up next, our interview with Luke Grimes.
1:18.2	Hey, it's Joseph Hudak, Deputy Editor at Rolling Stone, and the host of Rolling Stones
1:22.4	Nashville Now podcast.
1:24.5	You know, we cover the best in country music and Americana here on the podcast, but we also
1:29.3	take a look at what's happening in Nashville, Tennessee. And in May, that's the Music City Rodeo.
1:35.1	Music City Rodeo presented by Ten Pop Seltzer of the South and benefiting Monroe Carroll Jr. Children's
1:41.2	Hospital at Vanderbilt returns to the Bridgestone Arena for three nights
1:45.7	of live music and live rodeo action. May 28th, 29th, and 30th. On May 28th, you're going to see
1:53.5	Miranda Lambert perform. On May 29th, it'll be Charlie Crockett and on May 30th, John Party. If you
2:00.3	want to buy tickets, go to Music CityRodeo.com. Purchase three, get your fourth one free. Listen, country music and rodeo go hand in hand. You go back, listen to Garth Brooks, man, so many of his hits, Beaches of Cheyenne, much too young to feel this damn old, the song, Rodeo.
2:18.3	Of course, it's title Rodeo.
2:19.3	So many of them mention rodeo and rodeo action and that hard life on the road for the
2:24.3	competitors, Cowboys, and Cowgirls.
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