Blame the lingering impact of Footloose, but small towns aren’t exactly known as bastions of dance music. When new stars do groove their way onto the floor, they’re usually big city club kids like Lady Gaga. But this rule has met its exception with Mia Martina. The up-and-coming clubland crooner – the sensual voice fuelling the accordion-inflected smash "Stereo Love" and its fast rising follow-up "Latin Moon" was born and raised in St. Ignace, a tiny New Brunswick village of about 500. Success took awhile to arrive, but once it did, it took off. Dance music’s biggest label, Ultra, was looking to remix a Euro hit by Edward Maya called "Stereo Love." A series of serendipitous events, including a pre-Idol J.Lo declining, ended with the untested Martina getting the gig last summer. Within a couple weeks her vocal was recorded and released. It proceeded to blow the hell up. The song went top 10 on the Canadian pop charts while ruling radio, topped the US dance charts, was nominated for a dance JUNO Award and an MMVA for Most Watched Video and, thanks to a Don Omar remix, became a favourite in Latin communities throughout the Americas.