Tanega’s approach to mark-making comes across as stream of consciousness, as if she’s engaged in a conversation with herself. Norma Tanega, "XXXV" (1982), oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (all ...

Norma Tanega, during her 26 June 1966 appearance on British TV’s weekly pop show 'Ready Steady Go!' At that time, the nature of Springfield and Tanega’s sexuality had to remain a secret. The music ...

Norma Tanega was an important if under-the-radar figure in the creative community of Claremont, where the singer-songwriter attended college on the cusp of the 1960s and returned in 1972 after ...

Cult '60s folk singer-songwriter Norma Tanega has died, The New York Times reports. According to her lawyer, Alfred Shine, she passed away at her home in Claremont, California on 12/29 after a battle ...

Norma Tanega was an American artist who was born in 1939. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Michael Werner, East Hampton have featured Norma Tanega's work in the past.

Norma Tanega had a fluke hit with “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog” in the 1960s and got renewed attention 50 years later when her deadpan song “I’m Dead” was used as the theme song of the vampire comedy ...

It’s been rewarding to observe, over the past half decade, blossoming interest in the songs and life of Norma Tanega. Raised in Long Beach, California, she found a small degree of infamy in the ...

“Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog”, the debut single by Norma Tanega as well as the title track of her 1966 debut album, was an act of small but ingenious rebellion. The singer-songwriter had gone from ...

There was, despite the lack of subsequent commercial success, a second album. I Don’t Think It Will Hurt If You Smile was recorded in the UK and issued in 1971. Sales were low and it ostensibly ...