artist The Outspoken Wordsmiths

"The Outspoken Wordsmiths ... layer beat-boxing, singing and rapping harmoniously together"
- Danielle Clarke, The Martlet


The Outspoken Wordsmiths are a bi-coastal pair of beatboxing pirates who've taken to shore to spread their a-cappella antics & circle(A)political poetics by any means necessary.

This high-energy power duo has traveled extensively across Canada, performing live shows that incorporate spoken word monologues, spontaneous beatbox jams and freestyle rhyme sessions alongside tightly-rehearsed numbers showcasing rapid-fire lyrical exchanges set atop seamless vocal percussive soundscapes -- thus earning themselves a reputation as a versatile, crowd-pleasing act that leaves audiences thirsting for more.

Oh-Dub's members, Blank Space & strong.cottonwoods, first met as battling rivals in '05 while vying for positions on Victoria's inaugural SLAM Poetry team. Their subsequent collaborations led to the formation of OW & The National Microphone Association (NMA), an independent artists' record label/distribution network.

Since embarking on an epic zero-budget coast-to-coast tour in '06 to promote their debut album, From Our Cold Dead Hands, The Outspoken Wordsmiths have delivered their vernacular activism to receptive audiences in a diverse variety of venues between Victoria and Halifax. From basement punk shows to literary events, political benefits to underground raves, high school performances to bar shows, crowds can't get enough of the Outspoken Wordsmiths' unpredictable stage chemistry, overt politics & energetic beatbox hijinx.

Having completed "March on the Rocks!" -- a spring tour of BC's gulf islands alongside their companions from the National Microphone Association in promotion of the NMA's new compilation release, Muse Licks-- and a brief summer excursion to attend South Country Fair and the Brandon Folk Festival, The Outspoken Wordsmiths have regrouped in Victoria, BC where they are plotting next year's excursions & working on a new album to be released March '09.

Blank Space vocals, beatbox
strong.cottonwoods vocals, beatbox