Les SalAmandas: International folk collaboration created in Ballydehob

A French woman and a West Cork local have just released their debut album 
Les SalAmandas: International folk collaboration created in Ballydehob

Colyne Laverriere and Julie O’Sullivan of Les SalAmandas. Picture: Jason Lee 

It’s a wiry but warm energy that Colyne Laverriere, one-half of Ballydehob-based folk duo Les SalAmandas, exudes over Zoom. With the duo having recently launched their debut album There’s a Sea Between Us at village venue Levis, the French singer  is clearly on a little bit of a buzz. 

Bone of this might have happened for Laverriere, a self-proclaimed ‘sports girl’, if she hadn’t moved to the West Cork town to find au pair work, to allow her to stay in a country she’d clearly fallen in love with.

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