Paul Simon for Hurricane Katrina victims. The pair performed together in April 2010 in New Orleans at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon began writing and recording solo material again. His album "Paul Simon" was released in January 1972, preceded by his first experiment with world music, the Jamaican-inspired "Mother and Child Reunion". The single was a hit, reaching both the American and British Top 5. The album received universal acclaim, with critics praising the variety of styles and the confessional lyrics, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the
Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) neared, more content was added to the website to make it appear as if it were a true school reunion website. The website was actually seen on screen when the characters Spike and Caitlin were reminiscing about their high school days. "Mother and Child Reunion" aired on the terrestrial television network CTV on October 14, 2001 and was advertised as a television special. In the United States it was broadcast on July 1, 2002 on The N, a digital cable network, and served as the final episode of . In Australia, the episode aired on the terrestrial network ABC TV