Marthia is a Virginia Beach native. She is a local girl on her way to the big time.

Marthia recently received an endorsement from Electro Voice. Marthia's favorite microphone? The EV N/D967, used with an RE-1 dual wireless system.

Marthia Sides' first country CD "Born Again in Country" has received national and international airplay through her newly released radio single "Picture Perfect Girl".

Marthia began promoting "Picture Perfect Girl" on CMT's radio tour and in over forty markets throughout the US from Denver, CO to Austin, TX and Soda Springs, ID to Jacksonville, FL; in addition, she has been featured on Sirius Satellite Radio, Country Weekly, the New York Times, the Denver Post, Power Source Magazine, and the Dallas Morning News to name a few.

Music has always been in Marthia's blood. Ms. Sides, just like her grandmother, is a trained professional opera singer. Her great grandmother was a child Vaudeville star and her grandfather was the chief engineer for American Studios in the 60's where Elvis, among many other artists recorded. "As a child I was exposed to so many different types of music. Music is the life and breath of me. Someone once told me country music is not something you learn- it's something inside you. There's nothing like country music for the emotions, the drama," Marthia says. As Marthia's music receives rave reviews, she tours the country presenting a live show with all of the emotion and feeling that can only be found in her music.

Traditional Country Music magazine writes: "The songs she has selected to make this CD are all just great. This is a step away from the "normal" Nashville sound. There's too much over production in Nashville these days, and not enough of the real thing. So what is the real thing, you ask, in this case it's Marthia."