Sanam Marvi’s childhood was full of hardships and poverty. Marvi started music training at the age of 7. She is from a Sindhi Family. Her father, Faqeer Khan Muhammad, was also a Sindhi folk musician/harmonium player who gave Marvi classical music training for 2 years. Later she learnt classical singing and raags from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Sindh in the Gwalior gharana tradition. She says that she has also learned a lot from folk singer Abida Parveen She performed in Rafi Peer Theatre in 2004 and 2005.