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Sat 05 May 2004Coming back for moreMusic: Twenty years ago, Macalla paved the way for women playing traditional music. Tonight, the band reunite on stage, reports Siobhán LongSeosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoích laughs heartily as she recalls how the first all-female traditional group, Macalla, came into being.