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![["\"I want to sing an old song my grandmother used to sing when I was a kid... if I can remember-- I haven't thought of this for a long time. It was called \"The Two Little Orphans\" and she died when I was 12 years old and my sisters, they all, both remember her singing this. She'd sing us to make us kids cry, I guess! But let me see if I can remember it, it's been a long time. I was trying to think of it coming up here on the road today.\"West Virginia old-time musician, local historian, and collector Jim Costa sings \"The Two Little Orphans\" at the West Virginia Humanities Council MacFarland-Hubbard House, January 25, 2017.Jim Costa is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician, storyteller, and local historian. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan. Listen to the full tape of the concert here: https://soundcloud.com/user-521885027/west-virginia-folklife-presents-jim-costa-with-zoe-van-buren-12517Concert poster by Ratbee Press: http://www.ratbeepress.com/"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimVideo00112517 "Jim Costa performs \"Two Little Orphans\" at a concert at the West Virginia Humanities Council")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Video.001.1.25.17
- Title:
- Jim Costa performs "Two Little Orphans" at a concert at the West Virginia Humanities Council
- Date:
- 2017-01-25
- Creator:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folklore, Folk music--West Virginia, and Concerts
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["West Virginia old-time musician, local historian, and collector Jim Costa plays the Italian song \"La Spagnola\" on his grandfather's accordion at the West Virginia Humanities Council MacFarland-Hubbard House, January 25, 2017.Jim Costa is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician, storyteller, and local historian. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan. Listen to the full tape of the concert here: https://soundcloud.com/user-521885027/west-virginia-folklife-presents-jim-costa-with-zoe-van-buren-12517Concert poster by Ratbee Press: http://www.ratbeepress.com/"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimVideo00212517 "Jim Costa performs \"La Spagnola\" on accordion at a concert at the West Virginia Humanities Council")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Video.002.1.25.17
- Title:
- Jim Costa performs "La Spagnola" on accordion at a concert at the West Virginia Humanities Council
- Date:
- 2017-01-25
- Creator:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folk music--West Virginia, Italian American families, Concerts, and Accordion
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
