Mother and Child Reunion "Bridge over Troubled Water"—to sound like a Jamaican song, but felt it ended up sounding like a "bad imitation." Simon was instructed by the musicians on the differences among reggae, ska, and bluebeat. He felt awkward at first because he was "the only white guy there and I was American." Simon later overdubbed piano and vocals to the track back in New York. 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
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,