Welcome to Raison D'Etre's homepage

Most of our live summer shows have been postponed until the fall or 2021.  However, we have collaborated with Falcon Takes Flight on some online versions of productions we did with them over the past eight years. Each offering is performed in "readers' theatre," which is a dramatic reading that emphasizes the importance of the words.  We were quite honored to support these works with live music when we performed them as part of Campbell County Library's Signature Series.  And we are happy to support these online productions with our recorded library.

Please enjoy Coal Town Photograph by Pauletta Hansel

Many-Storied House by George Ella Lyon 

Soldier, Come Home by Frank W. Wicks

We hope you enjoy!

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Here, you can view a showcase video, and find where we are playing next.  Check out our CALENDAR page for more detailed schedule and links to our shows.  Interested in our recordings?  You can still buy physical CDs directly from us while supplies last.  Just send us an e-mail at the CONTACT page, and we'll mail 'em out to you.  Please visit our STORE at the bottom of this page for featured downloads  We also have a page at Spotify.

Roberta has a solo website for her poetry and Arts in Healing music events.  Check it out here.

Raison D'Etre is delighted to be included in the Kentucky Arts Council's Performing Arts Directory. In recognition of artistic excellence, Raison D'Etre has been selected to participate in the Performing Arts Directory, a program of the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, which is supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

 Roberta's song, "Sure Thing" was selected as a finalist in the Folk/Americana Category of The Great American Song Contest.

    

We are happy to announce that "The Night John Hartford Opened for Us" from our album, So Dear, is getting airplay in Indiana, New Jersey, Austria, Arkansas, Connecticut, Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Iowa according to the latest track report from Acoustic Rainbow Sampler.

 

 

Listen to or buy tunes from our "30 years together" selection in the compact player below:

Our compact player features songs from our 30 years together...

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    Hammond 5:30
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    Telling Me Lies 4:20
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    Hills of Morning 4:21
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    Home 4:57
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    Hard Times Come Again No More 3:08
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    Wayfaring Stranger 2:21
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    Don't Worry About Me 3:10
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    Another Train 3:52
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    Sure Thing 2:23
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    Braver Self 3:45
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A poem from Roberta's new chapbook...

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Our collection of carols for download. You can add on the physical CD while supplies last, or just purchase downloads.

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    O Come, O Come Emmanuel 2:57
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    Joy to the World 1:39
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    Hark the Herald Angels Sing 2:41
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    Sweet Little Jesus Boy 2:03
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    Go Tell It in the Mountain 2:30
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    The First Noel 3:29
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    Deck the Halls 1:26
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    Silent Night 2:56
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    What Child is This? 1:27
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