Ayla Brown is a nationally recognized singer-songwriter, broadcaster, and former American Idol finalist whose career has spanned music, television, radio, and live performance. A Massachusetts native and former Boston College Division I basketball player, Ayla has released multiple albums as an independent artist and has performed on some of the country’s most iconic stages, including the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, and numerous nationally televised events.

Over the years, she has shared the stage with artists including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans, Josh Turner, Charlie Daniels, and Phil Vassar, and has performed the National Anthem for major sporting events including Monday Night Football, NCAA Championships, the Orange Bowl, the Boston Celtics, and the Philadelphia 76ers. Her television appearances include American Idol, ESPN, FOX & Friends, CNN, CBS, and performances for U.S. troops in more than a dozen countries around the world.

When she’s not performing, Ayla serves as the host of The Flyover Podcast, a nationally distributed daily news show, and continues to balance a busy career with life as a wife and mother of two young boys. Whether she’s performing an original song or a crowd-favorite cover, Ayla brings authenticity, passion, and a wealth of experience to every stage she steps on.

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Ayla Brown was the morning show host at Country 102.5- WKLB in Boston for six years. She also hosted the nationally syndicated radio program called “Nashville Minute” for two years.

On November 2019, country duo, Ayla Brown & Rob Bellamy released a 6-song EP called Make it Mean Something. All songs were co-written by Ayla Brown and Rob Bellamy with writers in Nashville and the project was recorded at Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland, OR. The project was engineered by Gus Berry.

On August 11, 2017 Ayla Brown released a new single called “Label” on all digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Pandora and more. “Label” was written by Ayla and acclaimed songwriter, Erik Halbig and was produced and recorded by Mark Dowdy of Rivercrest Music.

On Valentine’s Day in 2017, Ayla Brown released “Take Your Name” on digital platforms as well as radio. The song is an upbeat, catchy country tune about being in love with someone so much that you want to take their last name. It can be downloaded now!

In May of 2015, Ayla released a full length 13 song album titled Let Love In. The album was sponsored by popular restaurant chain, Texas Roadhouse, and currently two of Ayla’s songs, “Let Love In,” and “Matches and Gasoline,” are in rotation in every Texas Roadhouse jukebox throughout the country. Also, Ayla’s first single, “Let Love In,” is being played on numerous radio stations in the Northeast part of the United States.

In November of 2012, Ayla released her second album Heroes & Hometowns and achieved a life-long dream of performing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. Since the album’s release, Heroes & Hometowns has peaked at #1 on Amazon MP3 and #51 on iTunes.

Recognized as a pioneer and entrepreneur, Ayla founded and owns her own record company, Ambient Entertainment. Having a keen eye for business and building mutually successful partnerships, Ayla enjoys outstanding corporate relationships with the likes of Hilton Hotels, MAC Cosmetics, Texas Roadhouse, New Balance and Zager Guitars.

Ayla is supported by her parents, former United States Senator of Massachusetts and Ambassador to New Zealand, Scott Brown and TV reporter, Gail Huff as well as her sister, Arianna. She and her husband, Rob, welcomed a baby in August of 2022 and another one in 2024.