You Don't Have to Be Alone

Microkhan has a bunch of A-plus material lined up for the coming weeks, including looks at gossip in Borneo, Korean marathoners, chess hustling, and Orissan labor songs. But today's a wash due to a Wired deadline, so please ease into your Monday with a humble musical offering: New Birth's "You Don't Have to Be Alone." Killer lead vocals on this one, plus I can never resist a musician in a polyester cape. This is a band that deserves to be part of the soul canon, though not for its cover art.