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Wild Reeds growing like crazy

This past spring, the Los Angeles-based band the Wild Reeds played several gigs at the South by Southwest music festival to packed houses and critical acclaim. But perhaps the real sign of music industry arrival came when the indie-folk-pop group was invited to perform at Willie Nelson's legendary annual Luck Reunion, an exclusive event held on the country icon's property about 35 miles outside of Austin, Texas.

"There were all these great musicians there, including Shovels & Rope and Conor Oberst," says the Wild Reeds' Kinsey Lee, calling from the road. "We were the little guys on the bill, but it was awesome

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