01. With an open mic: Under the spotlight

With an open mic is an audio documentary series about the diverse music community in Amsterdam by Sasha Sadikov. In this episode, Sasha meets two musicians, Sofia Popova from Ukraine and Bobby Sunshine, from Russia, who both fled the war, ended up in Amsterdam, and began their journey toward a new creative life on the open stage.

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