[1] Her music recording career commenced in 1997, with the band Scottish-band Land; they would release three albums, Down the Mountain Slowly in 1997, Rain in the Springtime in 1998, and Point Me to the Skies in 1999.

[7] She started her solo musical career in 2001, and has since released seven albums: Horizon Searching in 2002, Fearless in 2005, A Thousand Questions Why in 2007, Ashes & Gold in 2009, More Than Mine in 2012, These Small Rebellions in 2013, and Held in 2015.

Lyon has also released one extended play, Journey, in 2003, as Yvonne Whitty.

Based on the Sermon on the Mount, she performed the music in a series of concerts in support of the charity Tearfund later that year.

Lyon claimed that the album was the culmination of a journey involving a lot of performance anxiety and questioning her enjoyment.