City Sonic is a series of stories about extraordinary artists shot in places where their musical lives were transformed. Serena Ryder is the most recent artist City Sonic are celebrating with a short film about how a basement bar called the Dakota became her sanctuary in the city.

Visit Serena's artist page on the CitySonic.tv blog where they'll be releasing fresh daily content from her shoot including a production diary and photo gallery. The debut of the short film featuring interview and performance footage from Serena, will take place on Friday.