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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Joe Aitken
| name = Joe Aitken
| birth_date = 1944
| image = Joe Aitken.jpg
| birth_place = [[Perthshire]], [[Scotland]]
| caption = Aitken in 2015
| death_date = 3 April 2024 (aged 79)
| birth_date = {{birth year|10 April 1944}}
| death_place = [[Scotland]]
| birth_place = [[Perthshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|04|03|79|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kirriemuir]], Scotland
| occupation = [[Bothy ballad]] singer
| occupation = [[Bothy ballad]] singer
| years_active = 1982–2024
| years_active = 1982–2024
}}
}}


'''Joe Aitken''' (1944 – 3 April 2024) was a [[bothy ballad]] singer from [[Perthshire]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=McBlane |first=Lewis |date=5 April 2024 |title=PICTURES: Joe Aitken remembered after greatest Bothy Ballads champion dies, as archive pictures show Champion of Champions wins at Elgin Town Hall in Moray |url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/pictures-joe-aitken-remembered-after-greatest-bothy-ballads-347156/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=[[The Northern Scot]]}}</ref>
'''Joe Aitken''' (10 April 1944 – 3 April 2024) was a Scottish [[bothy ballad]] singer from [[Kirriemuir]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=McBlane |first=Lewis |date=5 April 2024 |title=PICTURES: Joe Aitken remembered after greatest Bothy Ballads champion dies, as archive pictures show Champion of Champions wins at Elgin Town Hall in Moray |url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/pictures-joe-aitken-remembered-after-greatest-bothy-ballads-347156/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=[[The Northern Scot]]}}</ref>


He had won several awards for bothy ballad singing such as the ''Champion of Champions'' award in [[Elgin, Moray]] and the ''Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year'' at the [[Scots Trad Music Awards]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter |first=Shepheard |date=4 April 2024 |title=Sad news. Joe Aitken, Champion o the Bothy Ballads has passed away. |url=https://doricboard.com/news/sad-news-joe-aitken-champion-o-the-bothy-ballads-has-passed-away/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=The Doric Board}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Joe Aitken |url=https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/joe-aitken/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame}}</ref> He was made a member of the Scottish Traditional music hall of fame in 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Aitken won several awards for bothy ballad singing such as the ''Champion of Champions'' award in [[Elgin, Moray]] and the ''Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year'' at the [[Scots Trad Music Awards]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter |first=Shepheard |date=4 April 2024 |title=Sad news. Joe Aitken, Champion o the Bothy Ballads has passed away. |url=https://doricboard.com/news/sad-news-joe-aitken-champion-o-the-bothy-ballads-has-passed-away/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=The Doric Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitfield |first=Alistair |date=10 February 2020 |title=Joe scores 7th Bothy Ballads win |url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/joe-aitken-scores-record-at-bothy-ballads-191233/ |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=[[The Northern Scot]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Joe Aitken |url=https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/joe-aitken/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame}}</ref> He was made a member of the Scottish Traditional music hall of fame in 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


Aikten was diagnosed with [[colorectal cancer]] in August 2020 and died in hospital on 3 April 2024, aged 79 years old.<ref name=":0" />
Aitken died on 3 April 2024, at the age of 79.<ref name=":0"/>


==References==
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==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 23:48, 9 April 2024

Joe Aitken
Aitken in 2015
Born10 April 1944 (1944-04-10)
Perthshire, Scotland
Died (aged 79)
Kirriemuir, Scotland
OccupationBothy ballad singer
Years active1982–2024

Joe Aitken (10 April 1944 – 3 April 2024) was a Scottish bothy ballad singer from Kirriemuir.[1]

Aitken won several awards for bothy ballad singing such as the Champion of Champions award in Elgin, Moray and the Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2010.[2][3][4] He was made a member of the Scottish Traditional music hall of fame in 2018.[1][4]

Aitken died on 3 April 2024, at the age of 79.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c McBlane, Lewis (5 April 2024). "PICTURES: Joe Aitken remembered after greatest Bothy Ballads champion dies, as archive pictures show Champion of Champions wins at Elgin Town Hall in Moray". The Northern Scot. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ Peter, Shepheard (4 April 2024). "Sad news. Joe Aitken, Champion o the Bothy Ballads has passed away". The Doric Board. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ Whitfield, Alistair (10 February 2020). "Joe scores 7th Bothy Ballads win". The Northern Scot. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Joe Aitken". Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

External Links[edit]

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