Mother and Child Reunion Mother and Child Reunion "Mother and Child Reunion" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his second self-titled studio album (1972), released on Columbia Records. It was released as a single on February 5, 1972, reaching No. 1 in South Africa and No. 4 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 57 song for 1972. It was at the time one of the few songs by a non-Jamaican musician to use prominent elements of reggae. Simon was a fan of reggae music, and he listened to
Paul Rooney (solo artist) Paul Rooney (solo artist) Paul Rooney (born 1967 in Liverpool) is an English musician-artist who works with music and words, primarily via records and video works. Paul Rooney studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating with an MFA in 1991. In 1998 his art practice shifted from painting to music, initially with the band Rooney and their three experimental lo-fi punk pop albums about everyday life. During the 2000s, Paul Rooney's art works — now primarily musical but also including video and writing — developed through a period of residencies and fellowships at institutions in the UK and abroad,