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Circle Song

from Music is Medicine by Elexa Dawson

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This song came to me in the van after a trip to Pokagon Band Potawatomi territory in Dowagiac, Michigan where I attended the Indigenous Foods Summit. It was a four day stay with people that I really had only met once or twice before. I was nervous about finding a way to fit into an existing tight-knit circle of people who are doing this really good work to revive indigenous foods and life ways. I was feeling a little self-conscious. As I left that place, I was overwhelmed with gratitude at how welcomed I had been made to feel. It hit me that no good relationship is a threat to another. Everyone can belong in the circle because the circles just keep widening and overlapping and this is how this good work is going to get done.

I think the meaning of this song really speaks for itself. I'm very glad that we got the male voices of Peter Oviatt and Kelby Kimberlin on that first song.

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You belong in the circle, not above, not below. All of life is a circle. You were born in the circle. There is love in the circle. We have peace in the circle.

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from Music is Medicine, released January 29, 2020
All songs written and produced by Elexa Dawson
Recorded & co-produced by Peter Oviatt at Moonflower Sounds, Taos, NM moonflowersounds.com
Mastered by Brody Wellman
Photography by Jordan Storrer, Lifeleak Visuals
Graphics by Ann Freeman

Elexa Dawson - vocals, guitar, shakers
Kelby Kimberlin - electric and upright bass, bass vocal on “Circle Song”
Melissa Tastove - harmonies, djembe, shakers
Peter Oviatt - banjo, mandolin, banjola, harmonies

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Elexa creates community-focused Americana music with soulful vocals and connection to land. Oklahoma Native, Elexa now calls Kansas her home.

Wanderlust is Elexa's sophomore release (Feb 2024) collaboration with Stanley Hotel.

Front for Heyleon and Weda Skirts. Potawatomi activist and educator, Elexa facilitates songwriting workshops, talking circles, and relational plant education. ... more

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