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I See Me

from Music is Medicine by Elexa Dawson

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    Recorded by Peter Oviatt, Moonflower Sounds. Photography by Jordan Storrer, Lifeleak Visuals.

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Single released 11/8/2019
This really is the centerpiece of the album. Everything revolves around this idea that allowing ourself to be feeling without judgment is heling. It's about emotional commonality and understanding that our emotions are coming from a similar uprising and desire to heal ourselves. Tears are healing in the Anishnabe tradition. They clean the world. When one cries in ceremony, water is offered, not to stop the crying but to make sure you don’t stop before you’re finished.

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My friend is a drunk. He said so himself. It was hard when his father put the bottle on the shelf. And he reminds me of a man I saw get that same look, the loss of a somethin that somebody took. And I see me. My friend is a man with love in his eyes, behind that a powerful, sorrowful hurt. And he reminds me of a place where I think I belong, like a brother who knows all the words to the song. And I see me. And I’m not afraid of their tears. And I am embracing mine, too. The waters that wash away wounds, this is my healing. This is our healing. I knew her not well when I first heard her cry. The brother she loved walked right up to the sky. The wail of a woman’s unmistakeable grief, and desperate pleading that bring no relief.

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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
Published by Lost Cowgirl Records
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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