Ruth Lyon

Poet, Hollie McNish, referred to Newcastle’s bridges as ‘Muscle built beauties of sweat into steel, of hardening fires, solidified metals.’ Songwriter, Ruth Lyon, is the product of those ‘muscle-built beauties’ and, like her city, her trials have taught her to never let others define her path. Despite being a wheelchair user since the age of 21, Lyon has forged a career fronting her rock and roll band in countless basement clubs across the cities of ...