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Sugarbeach
| At-a-Glance | |
| Hometown | North Vancouver, Canada |
| Genres | Pop, Contemporary/Soft Rock |
| Band Members | Marlee Walchuk ; Tully Callender |
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| # Years Experience Performing Live: | 5 |
| # Live Perfomances Past Six-months: | 12 |
| Opener Experience: | Carole Pope; Ace of Base; Carol Jiani; Michael Buble |
| Similar Artists: | Heart; Pink |
| Performing Rights Society: | Outside US |
| Discography: | Come On Out Single—2011; Goldfinger Single—2011; Not Deserted LP—2009; Living Out Proud Single—2008; I Just Love Girls EP—2007 |
About the Artist
“This Aussie/Canadian Duo are energetic, powerful, moving, and married to each other. Mixing sweet and soulful vocals with meaningful lyrics and driving tracks, these women have established a unique and recognizable sound which is altogether refreshing and utterly satisfying.”*Nominated for 4 OUTMUSIC Awards 2012
*Performed on the Main Stage at the National Women's Music Festival 2012
*Winner - Number 1 song of the Year 2011 "Come On Out" Outvoice Top Ten Countdown
•Winner – Number 1 Song of the Year 2010 “Living Out Proud” – OutVoice Top 10 Countdown 2010 (U.S.A.)
•Winner – Pride Song of the Year 2010 – Pride in the Arts (U.S.A.)
•Winner - Favorite Group of the Year 2009 – Pride in the Arts (U.S.A.)
•Winner - Camp Pride Song of the Year 2009 for "I Just Love Girls” – Pride in the Arts (U.S.A.)
•Nominated for Outmusic Award 2009 - New York
•Creators of LGBT Music Site, RightOutTV.com and producers of the RightOutTV Music & Video Awards.
*Wrote the theme song for the 2011 North American Outgames-"Come on Out" which is also heard the movie "Eating Out - The Long Weekend"
*Hosts and producers of The Sugarbeach Show
•Nominated for a 2010 PITA MOJO award for the contribution of RightOutTV to the LGBT community.
•Both albums “I Just Love Girls” and “Not Deserted” in the Top 10 OutVoice charts for over a year. Staying at number 1 for many months. 9 Pride In The Arts nominations.
•Wrote “Living Out Proud” for the 30th Anniversary of Vancouver Pride. Since then it has been used by many cities all over the world.
•2010 Winter Olympics - performed “Living Out Proud” at official launch of Whistler & Vancouver Pride Houses.
•Their performances at pride events have taken them across North America including New York, and also to Australia and Europe.
•2 songs from their first album “I Just Love Girls” were featured in the film “The 6 Month Rule” starring Michelle Wolff. 3 songs from their second album “Not Deserted” can be heard throughout the web series “InSight… Rise of the Seer”
•Feature Articles & Interviews - BOUND, CURVE, She Mag, New York Times, The Examiner (multiple articles), Gay Guitarists Worldwide, Dallas Voice, Wvas Queer News, Xtra, The Metro, Lesbian Quarterly, The Seattle Lesbian, OutSmart Magazine, The Gay Places, Toronto Experimental Artists, Rainbow World Radio, The Lesbian Lounge (Florida), The Bay Area Reporter, The Huffington Post, Joy FM- Melbourne, Proud FM – Toronto, OutVoice, Queer Music Heritage, The Province (BC), The Vancouver Sun, Gay Vancouver, The Lesbian Show (Vancouver).
Press Coverage
Sugarbeach - Marlee Walchuk and Tully Callender, the Vancouver-based, lesbian Aussie/Canadian duo that rocks the world with their “electroni-lesbi-pop" music, has released a hot new music video,...
Vancouver's Lesbian Pop Duo, Marlee Walchuk and Tully Callender, are winning music awards for living out proud. How's this for a resume? In just three years, they released two albums, owned the...
Conquering the airwaves and the dance floor is the goal of this lesbian dance-pop duo (and couple) based in Vancouver, B.C., who offer up their ridiculously catchy “I Just Love Girls,” along with...
Sugarbeach are working to introduce a new style of music to Vancouver's mainstream: gay love songs. Marlee walchuk explained she and partner Tully Callender want to use music to raise awareness of...
Sugarbeach, the duo of Marlee Walchuk and Tully Calendar, won two prizes last week at the Pride In the Arts U.S. Awards. The pair were named group of the year and their LP, I Just Love Girls, won...
Out lesbians Marlee Walchuk and Tully Callendar, favorites of the Canadian Pride fest circuit, pack a number of styles into this EP. Let's call this collection of original gay love songs “...
Working as the CEO of her own accounting firm in Sydney, Australia and married to a wonderful man, Tully Callender likely would not have guessed that a year later she'd be living in Vancouver,...
Marlee Walchuk's Vancouver band, Sugarbeach, has been around for only a year, but her songs already play as far as Denmark and Australia - and are band in several Pennsylvania High Schools. We had...
Marlee Walchuk began public live performances at age 14 - no quiet start as she faced 16,000 fans at the Vancouver Coliseum as a teenager and was a regular on the Canadian TV shows. Her training at...
Come on Out is a track everyone should listen to regardless of sexual orientation. The pure positivity and energy oozing out of the song is a vitamin shot against social isolation. It is also an...
