https:\/\/thedailyripple.org\/index.php\/art-music\/cat-blog-reviews-lee-zimmerman\/160-music-review-theres-a-change-a-coming-wiser-time-lz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf the moniker he\u2019s chosen says anything about Carmen Sclafani \u2014 better known as Wiser Time<\/strong> \u2014 it\u2019s that he sees himself as a kind of modern\u2011day seer, a troubadour channeling hard truths from the folk gods of old. That may sound grandiose, but the reality is far more grounded. His insights arrive in a plainspoken, boots\u2011on\u2011the\u2011ground manner, carried by a mournful voice and the bare\u2011bones strum of an acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn his latest album, the pointedly titled There\u2019s A Change A\u2011Comin\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, Wiser Time walks the same dusty paths Dylan once roamed. Coincidence? Hardly. There\u2019s enough turmoil in today\u2019s world to give protest music a fresh mandate. And Wiser Time leans into it \u2014 a timeless troubadour rallying the weary with lessons worth relearning.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEach track rings with resilience. There\u2019s angst, anger, judgment, and a steady finger pointed at arrogance and greed. Like Dylan in his prime, Wiser Time doesn\u2019t flinch when naming the oppressors. \u201cBarabbas<\/strong>\u201d revisits the Roman prisoner spared by Pilate, while \u201c1963<\/strong>\u201d rewinds to a year that cracked history open and ensured nothing would ever be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\nElsewhere, songs like \u201cCold Hard World<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cDivided<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cThe People\u2019s House<\/strong>,\u201d and \u201cBillionaire Blues<\/strong>\u201d carry the same fire \u2014 haunting, harrowing, stripped to the bone. The threadbare arrangements only sharpen the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the end, Wiser Time channels the sentiment of Seeger<\/strong>, the gravitas of Guthrie<\/strong>, and the determination of Dylan<\/strong>. The change may be a\u2011comin\u2019, but the clarity is already here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dig! https:\/\/thedailyripple.org\/index.php\/art-music\/cat-blog-reviews-lee-zimmerman\/160-music-review-theres-a-change-a-coming-wiser-time-lz If the moniker he\u2019s chosen says anything about Carmen Sclafani \u2014 better known as Wiser Time \u2014 it\u2019s that he sees himself as […]<\/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\/1404"}],"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=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1405,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/1405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiser-time.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}