Portals of Grace is the first solo release from Azam Ali. Prior to this album, she had released music with the group VAS.
Ali called the album her "thesis [in many ways] because I sang in an early music choir, studied early music, and there was no place for that in Vas or Niyaz."
Reception Philip Van Vleck, of The Herald-Sun named it one of his top albums of 2002.
Track listing Lasse Pour Quoi (Anon. early 14th century, Middle French) - 6:21 La Serena (Sephardic, Judeo-Spanish) - 4:31 Breton Medley (instrumental, Brittany) - 3:57 O Felix (Anima) (12th century, Latin) - 5:18 Ben Pode Santa Maria (13th century, Galician-Portuguese) - 3:08 O Quanta Qualia (12th century, Latin) - 3:59 Sackpipslät (instrumental, Sweden) - 2:40 Ai Ondas (Early 14th century, Galician-Portuguese) - 5:12 A Chantar M'er (Late 12th century, Old French) - 6:31 Inna-I-Malak (Byzantine, Arabic) - 5:23 El Rey De Francia (Sephardic, Judeo-Spanish) - 4:31
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