Kam Franklin of the Houston band The Suffers is an award-winning singer-songwriter, a performance artist, an activist, a writer, and an orator - and as if that's not enough, she was a trade analyst at an investment bank before her band's national debut. After a producer from Late Show with David Letterman booked The Suffers on the show, she quit her day job and the rest is history. Kam and LG discuss racism and sexism within the music industry, Americana and its festivals, the issues with genre-labeling, empathy in modern times, and more, in part one of this episode. Huge thanks to EarthQuaker Devices for sponsoring! Visit them at www.earthquakerdevices.com. Support this podcast and women in audio at www.patreon.com/QOSM and grab some merch from www.society6.com/QOSM.