Layloni Ghee’s first time on stage felt like leaving her body.

She had grown up surrounded by music — gospel harmonies, Southern hymns, family jam sessions where everyone had a part and no one sang alone. But she was shy. Being seen was not the goal. It took years before she gathered the courage to sing a single karaoke song — “Proud Mary.” One song. That was all she’d allow herself.

Then one Monday night in Great Falls, Montana, a local jam band invited her up.

Legends were on stage — seasoned players, big personalities. Her hands shook. Her hearing blurred. When the band kicked in, her voice rang out anyway.

When it was over, the applause was thunderous. She stepped off stage and noticed a ring of sweat left behind where she had stood — proof of terror, proof of triumph.

“I was scared,” she says. “But I did it. And I knew I wanted to do it again.”

That moment launched a 17-year career as a touring frontwoman and bandleader. But the roots go deeper — back to her grandmother’s house.

Holidays meant “Ghee Jams.” Southern food in the kitchen. Hymns in four-part harmony. Grandma Ghee singing melody — the loudest, the anchor. Every cousin, every sibling assigned a vocal part. If you didn’t know the words, you followed someone who did.

Music wasn’t performance. It was belonging.

Years later, in hospice, Layloni sat at her grandmother’s bedside surrounded by family, singing those same hymns. Trying to lighten the heaviness of the room, she performed a humorous monologue her grandmother loved — “Chicken Dinner Money.” The room laughed. Her grandmother smiled.

But when Layloni delivered the punchline about “building a fence around the graveyard,” the word graveyard echoed differently.

She watched her grandmother’s smile fade.

“I always wished I had another song to sing,” Layloni says. “Something gentler. Something that felt like comfort.”

That moment shaped her songwriting forever.

A trauma survivor, nearly 11 years sober, and having endured the loss of her mother, twin sister, and grandfather in 2021, Layloni does not approach music casually. She writes for the nervous system. For the room. For the person who needs to exhale.

Her upcoming single “Breathe Blue” — releasing June 12, 2026, one day before her birthday — is the clearest expression of that mission. It is an anthemic Pop Rock reminder to inhale what’s life-giving and release what’s not.

As co-founder of Amusitainment LLC alongside her life and music partner George “Slim” Thompson, Layloni balances arena ambition with community roots. She mentors artists, builds platforms, and creates safe spaces on stage.

She is wild when the song calls for it. Tender when the room needs it. And always intentional.

Layloni Ghee doesn’t just perform.

She shares her gifts and passes it on.