Ruth Owens is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist originally from Birmingham and now living in Manchester. She grew up playing classical violin, viola and saxophone and with her parents surrounding her with the music of great songwriters such as Rufus Wainwright, Norah Jones and The Beatles she began composing her own songs in her early teens. By 16 she had recorded her first EP entitled ‘Strong’, from which two tracks gained radio play on BBC 6 Music, and the title track was placed in the independent film ‘Just Charlie’ which premiered on Sky Movies in 2017. After moving to Manchester to study at The Royal Northern College of Music she met James Cooke, Kieran Murphy, Fraser Grant and Noah Chapman, who became great friends and band mates. Since consolidating this new line up, Ruth and the band have been writing new material and gigging regularly around Manchester, highlights include performances at The Bridgewater Hall and Manchester Day, as well as supporting The RNCM Session Orchestra to a sold out hall accompanied by a 25 piece orchestra. They released their first collaborative effort ‘Make It Better’ in May 2019 which was featured by Alex Baker on Kerrang Radio, and are set to release more new material in 2020.