The McCarricks are the husband and wife duo of Martin McCarrick on cello and Kimberlee McCarrick on violin. They have collaborated and performed with many well-known musicians including Kristin Hersh, Sinéad O’Connor, Gary Numan, Marianne Faithfull and Patti Smith. Their own performances are usually in front of silent films produced specially for their performances.
It was back in 2007 that I saw them play live, possibly in the company of Mike from Manic Pop Thrills and possibly as support to Kristin Hersh. The music in the live setting was mesmorising and engrossing and led to my purchase, before leaving the venue, of a mini-album on CD, which turned out to be not quite so mesmorising and engrossing once I got home. But it did have a fabulous cover on it:-
mp3 : The McCarricks – Your Ghost
Here’s the original
mp3 : Kristin Hersh (feat Michael Stipe) – Your Ghost
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Ah, I *love* Your Ghost – one of both Hersh and Stipe’s finest moments! :DD
YEs, they were mesmerising, yes, they did support Kristin Hersh, yes, the CD wasn’t as mesmerising, (it was called 3, if memory serves me) but it wasn’t that bad either.
Don’t you hate that when you see an really hot band and RUSH to the merch table to buy something to take with you and on disc, it’s not a fraction of the incredible experience that you just had? Happen all the time. At least we supported these artists, who certainly deserved that much.
Yep, we were there at the Oran Mor and the McCarricks also played with KH. Night before was the Arcade Fire at the Barras …
Banshees as well IIRC