Brave New Park

It’s one of those steam baths of a late August night. Cicadas are revving up their engines in the post oaks and sycamores. Stealthy mosquitoes are feasting on my ankles. The corner of 33rd Street and Riverside Drive is officially closed to traffic, but there’s a desire line through the front yard of a house […]

by Russell Cobb

This Land Films Presents: Far Western Official Trailer

Amid the ashes of post-WWII Japan, the bittersweet sounds of American traditional country music drifted through the radio airwaves. Although intended for the U.S. occupying forces, a vast ‘ghost audience’ of young Japanese quickly warmed to the foreign, yet soothing, sounds. Since falling in love with the music in the 1950’s, Charlie Nagatani has lived […]

by Stuart Hetherwood

FILM

An important message from This Land Press

Dear readers, At This Land Press, we’ve decided to take a timeout from our magazine as the wild world of media finds its way. The rest of This Land Press continues to move forward. Our ambitions for the magazine are as strong as ever, but we want to let the current environment settle before a […]

by Vincent LoVoi

UNCATEGORIZED

The Ballad of Sis Cunningham

In late May 1940, Woody Guthrie was riding high in New York City. Although Guthrie had already made a name for himself in California, he was still relatively unknown on the East Coast. Back in March, he performed at a musical celebration of the just-released film version of The Grapes of Wrath. Folk music archivist Alan […]

by Richard Higgs