Les SalAmandas, a new singing song-writing act in the Irish music scene, Julie O’Sullivan
(Ballydehob, West Cork) and Colyne Laverriere (Hostun, France).
Julie and Colyne met in late 2018 in Ballydehob West Cork, Ireland. Les SalAmandas made
their live debut at Levis Corner House’s , an award winning Irish venue, as part of ‘Secret
Song Festival’ (2019). On 1st September 2020, they performed at a sold out gig in Levis
Corner House and revealed a maturity of song-writing well beyond their years. Immersing
themselves in the cultural centre that is West Cork, Julie and Colyne spent the last eighteen
months writing their own material together and collaborating with local and national
musicians. This includes being invited to perform on the acclaimed Irish folk singer Ger
Wolfe’s new album ‘The Morning Star’, as well as performing at Ger’s live album launch in
February 2020. In October 2020, they were invited to perform a livestream gig through Mick
Flannery’s social media pages, an award-winning, double-platinum selling artist, and
garnered over 10,000 views of their performance in 24 hours. They were one of four Irish
Artists invited to perform a set at ‘Folk Alliance International’ a prestigious global music
conference, in February 2021 as part of The Starhouse Collective showcase. Summer 2021
has been an exciting one for Les SalAmandas, venturing away from West Cork, they
performed at Waterford’s Summer in The City festival alongside Paddy Casey, supporting
Mick Flannery at Connollys of Leap, playing a sold out gig in Levis’ Corner House and being
invited to play at Coughlan’s Live promotion’s new festival ‘The Great Beyond’.
Les Salamandas are currently recording their debut album, which will be co-produced by
award winning Canadian Producer Daniel Ledwell ( http://www.danielledwell.com ).
Following their successful debut single ‘Now is The Time’, ‘Mouldy’ is the second single from
this much anticipated collection of songs.

Fresh from performing at Other Voices 2021, one of Irelands premiere music festivals, Les SalAmandas are back in Levis with a full band.