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Very sad to hear of the passing of Sinéad O'Connor earlier today. I first photographed Sinead in 2014 at WOMAD UK where she replaced Bobby Womack who died a couple of weeks earlier. I remember that amazing voice she had a such a presence on stage. erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Contemporary dance group B.DANCE from Taiwan gave a brilliant show at WOMAD UK last year. WOMAD UK 23 is only 2 weeks aways :-) erichobsonphotography.co.uk

@hatisnoit was one of the many exceptional musicians at WOMAD UK last year. Who will be the most surprising performers of WOMAD UK 23? erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Steven Wodecki lead singer The Dirty Smooth jumping high at Minety Music Festival last weekend celebrating a great show. erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Brett Anderson hi on stage at the KITE Festival on Sunday evening with a great show despite thunder lightening and torrential rain. Eric Hobson Photography

One of the great shows at WOMAD UK was The Flaming Lips in 2022. Looking forward to WOMAD UK in 2023 on the 27-30th July at Charlton Park. See you there. erichobsonphotography.co.uk

I photographed this young singer/guitarist in 2016 at Lechlade Festival, he performed on the smaller of the stages and just look where Samantha Fuller is now!! It pays as a photographer to keep the thousands of photographs I have of musicians well sorted. erichobsonphotography.co.uk

I photographed the amazing @gracejonesofficial at the @kitefstvl earlier this year. Grace must be the very best musician, singer, performer I have seen live. I have revisited the photographs I took so more will follow. erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Delia Smith in conversation with June Sarpong OBE discussing her new book You Matter: The Human Solution. erichobsonphotography.co.uk borkowski Amelie

Ai Weiwei in conversation at the KITE Festival 2022 www.erichobsonphotography

Cecilia Ndhlovu giving a songs of Zimbabwean Workshop at the KITE Festival 2022 BORKOWSKI erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Lunch Special played so great bluegrass music on the open air Bloom Stage KITE Festival 2022. erichobsonpotography.co.uk

More from BLOW MY WIG! at the KITE Festival 2022 erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Mermaid Chunky on the Skylark Social Stage KITE Festival 2022 erichobsonphotography.co.uk

Jarvis Cocker at the marvellous KITE Festival in conversation with June Sarpong discussion what's in his 'bag' of loft memories in particular his school science book. Lots of details of Pulp and what the clothes they would wear and their impact on the music recording industry.

I photographed a band called #confidenceman at the KITE Festival this evening they were truly incredible, you need to see this band. Eric HobsonPhotography

Really good to be back photographing at Festivals. Just arrived #kitefestival2022 at Kirtlington nr Oxford. Good to see the failiar blue tents :-) f😍irst band on at 18:30. Eric Hobson Photography

My vinyl of The Unfolding by Hannah Peel and Paraorchestra arrived this morning. The music is a stunning collaboration of Hannah Peel and Charles Hazlewoods. These may be the future rare copied in orange but resplendent with great artwork. Amazing 😍

Feast your eyes on the WOMAD 2022 line-up! 🎉 Catch the incredible The Flaming Lips, Angelique Kidjo, Fatoumata Diawara, Nitin Sawhney, SugarHillGang and so many more artists from around the world at Charlton Park this year. Tickets and info - womad.co.uk #WOMAD2022