A longtime underdog to the more metropolitan borough of Manhattan, Brooklyn's lower rent and exciting music scene has brought it attention of late. The Worst of Black Box Recorder is actually very good. Proud Boston's Dropkick Murphys expand to a septet, pack more guitar firepower and add acoustic instruments to further their modern folk vision on Sing Loud, Sing Proud. The result is an album that connects the dots between punk rock and folk music.
Some folks prefer a whisper to a scream.
The artists collected below are certainly in that category. But that is not to say that they don't have their own brand of hushed tones.