Elexa Dawson's red-dirt honey vocals and rhythmic guitar style deliver a sound that hits home. Both familiar and intriguing, her songs speak of the earth and community, and celebrate all relationships, from mother and child to friend and lover.
Wanderlust
In the red dirt hills of Oklahoma, Elexa Dawson and Stanley Hotel created Wanderlust, an album described as "a soul-stirring journey through earth and sky" that guides listeners through themes of love, connection, and ancestral wisdom. Released on February 2, 2024, Wanderlust debuted at #11 on the Folk Alliance International Chart, with "Lot of Life" also ranking as song of the month.
Practitioner of the Soul
Hailing from her Potawatomi and Cherokee country home in Oklahoma and now living in Kansas, Dawson's honey-dirt vocal quality shines through her work with Weda Skirts and Heyleon, and her 2019 debut album "Music is Medicine". Elexa’s 2024 album, “Wanderlust”, co-created with Okie indie-rockers Stanley Hotel, soared to the top of the charts with its soul-stirring journey across time, presenting ancestral channelings with an invigorating Americana soundscape.
Associations & Recognitions
Founder: Good Way Gardens, Turns Out Records
Co-Founder: Weda Skirts, Heyleon, Power Lillies
Kansas Touring Roster Artist
President, Folk Alliance Region Midwest
Board of Directors, Music to Life
2024 Mid-America Arts Alliance Interchange Fellow
2024 Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow
2023-2024 Music to Life Musician Changemaker Accelerator
2022 Native American Music Awards Best Country Recording, “Music is Medicine”
2022 & 2019 First Peoples Fund Artist in Business Leadership Fellow
2021 - 2024 Western Arts Alliance Advancing Indigenous Performance
Native Launchpad Artist
2021 Walnut Valley Festival New Song Showcase Winner
(“New Song”, “Glad We Came”)
2020 Western Arts Alliance Advancing Indigenous Performance Fellow