This week's menu  we feature a singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Jersey, Fousheé!  Britanny Fousheé, known professionally as Fousheé came to wide notice when the vocals for her song "Deep End" were used on a hit by rapper Sleepy Hallow in 2020. Fousheé was born and raised in New Jersey. Her Jamaican mother was a drummer for PEP, an all-woman 1980s Jamaican reggae band. Fousheé wrote her first song when she was five. In her younger years she studied voice, media, classical music, background arranging, guitar, and piano and performed with groups she had formed with her childhood friends. She attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School and continued her musical activities into college. She released her debut EP Speak Up in May 2018  Fousheé’s voice sounds like the sentient form of nails scratching against a chalkboard, but it’s so sharp, so memorable, that you absolutely want to hear it again. She’s also a Grammy-nominated songwriter in addition to being a powerful and distinctive singer. Cousin Corey sets up a double play from her on this week's Blue Plate Special.

This week's menu we feature a hard workin' American rock band from San Marcos, Texas, Blue October! Blue October is best known for it’s shimmering melodies and heart-string pulling lyrics, and boasts one of the most emotionally charged and magnetic front men in music today in Justin Furstenfeld. A lifelong theater student, Justin began studying at the “Fame” high school of Houston, HSPVA, where he met bandmate Ryan Delahoussaye The platinum-certified alternative quartet is Justin Furstenfeld [vocals, guitar, songwriter], Jeremy Furstenfeld [drums], Ryan Delahoussaye [violin, mandolin, piano], and Matt Noveskey [bass]. They consistently evolve with an outlier perspective. For their eleventh studio album and first double-LP, Spinning The Truth Around: Part I & II, Blue October unlocks another creative renaissance In September 2023, Furstenfeld will make his feature film debut in the action movie, Section 8 (in theaters and AMC+), alongside Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, and Ryan Kwanten. He recently wrapped his second film Lights Out, featuring Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Scott Adkins and Dermot Mulroney. Cousin Corey talks with Justin while on tour in Nebraska on this week's Blue Plate Special