https:\/\/thedailyripple.org\/index.php\/art-music\/cart-reviews-grant-britt\/161-music-review-theres-a-change-a-comin-by-wiser-time-gb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWiser Time has always been a traveler \u2014 not just in miles, but in musical identity. Since his 2006 debut There And Back Again<\/em>, Carmen Sclafani has roamed freely between rock and folk, wearing the Wiser Time persona like a well\u2011worn coat that fits no matter the weather. He\u2019s a troubadour at heart, fluent in both electric grit and acoustic truth\u2011telling.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter leaning into a Tom Petty\u2011styled rocker vibe on 2025\u2019s All Fired Up<\/em>, Time pivots again. There\u2019s A Change A\u2011Comin\u2019<\/em> plants him firmly in what he calls modern electric folk<\/em>. The core was captured alone in a New Jersey cabin with just an acoustic guitar; the studio sessions later expanded the palette with accordion, B3, piano, harmonica, fiddle, bass, drums \u2014 and Time\u2019s own slide guitar threading through the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cCold Hard World<\/strong>\u201d opens like a reality check delivered by Steve Earle fronting Crosby, Stills & Nash. \u201cYou\u2019re free to deceive the master,\u201d Time warns, \u201cbut believe he\u2019s gonna come.\u201d It\u2019s a wake\u2011up call wrapped in harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn \u201cI Will Walk You Home<\/strong>,\u201d Time strips everything back to a Prine\u2011like reassurance \u2014 a gentle promise that even in a world that\u2019s big, hard, and cruel, no one has to wander alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cBillionaire Blues<\/strong>\u201d takes aim at the ruling\u2011class indifference of the moment, skewering the mindset of the insulated elite: \u201cTimes be getttin\u2019 harder \/ but we don\u2019t even care \u2014 Billionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith \u201cBarrabus<\/strong>,\u201d Time revisits the ancient choice Pilate offered the crowd \u2014 and wonders who today would free the robber over the innocent. His implication is clear: the same people who cheer on the modern billionaire\u2011in\u2011charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cDivided<\/strong>\u201d turns inward, addressing betrayal with weary honesty: \u201cI wanna believe in you, but that\u2019s just wasting time, my friend.\u201d It\u2019s a lament for trust broken and bridges burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLabeling Wiser Time a protest singer doesn\u2019t quite fit. He\u2019s more of a visionary \u2014 someone offering caution, clarity, and the occasional admonition to stop acting the fool. There\u2019s A Change A\u2011Comin\u2019<\/em> isn\u2019t a manifesto; it\u2019s a lantern held up in the dark, urging listeners to walk a little straighter and see a little clearer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dig! https:\/\/thedailyripple.org\/index.php\/art-music\/cart-reviews-grant-britt\/161-music-review-theres-a-change-a-comin-by-wiser-time-gb Wiser Time has always been a traveler \u2014 not just in miles, but in musical identity. Since his 2006 debut There And Back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}