There are at least two acts sharing the name of "Ryder": 1) An indie artist from New York City; 2) A one-off group who represented the United Kingdom in Eurovision 1986. 1) Growing up in New York City, Ryder first started writing and singing music at the age of 3, her favorite genres then being Folk Music, Classical Music, and, Opera. At a young age she started messing around with instruments. Her parents quickly knew that their daughter was going to grow up to be somebody special.