Rhythm Nation
Les SalAmandas on the wonder of Dolly Parton and loving sad songs
The French-Irish duo, whose debut album is due out, list the songs and artists who inspire them most
Les SalAmandas are Colyne Laverriere and Julie O’Sullivan, a French-Irish duo who were nominated in the Best Emerging Artist category at last year’s RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards. They met when both were working at Budds restaurant in the West Cork town of Ballydehob.
“At the end of a work shift, after we had cleared up, Julie put on some music and we both started singing,” Laverriere recalls. “Then Julie told me she was a ...
