John Blangero
Also known asSun King Rising
GenresBlues, Southern Rock, Soul
LabelsPeacockSunrise Records
Websitesunkingrising.com

Sun King Rising is a professional moniker/alter ego of an American geneticist and biomedical research scientist, John Blangero for his music albums.[1] The project was founded in 2018 and has released two albums, Delta Tales and Signs & Wonders, under the record label of PeacockSunrise Records.[2]

Overview

At age five, John Blangero began taking piano lessons in New Castle, Pennsylvania and developed an interest in music.[3] After five years, he learned the fundamentals of western classical, gospel, and rock music.[4]

Blangero then joined a rock band at his school when he was fourteen. Later he co-founded his band Harlequin as his regional popularity amplified in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3][5]

He continued with the band Harlequin until he joined college and focused mainly on his studies.[5] In 1986, he earned his PhD and became a biomedical research scientist.[6]

In the 2000s, Blangero started playing live for blues bands in San Antonio, Texas.[1] In 2018, he launched his professional moniker Sun King Rising. In 2019, Nick Katana after rebranding his music company Melodic Revolution Records to PeacockSunshine Records, signed Blangero for Sun King Rising.[7]

In 2020, Blangero hired Steven "Ace" Acker, a member of a 1970s band named LAW, to produce his first album Delta Tales, which was released on October 2, 2020.[8][7] In the same year, he released an independent video song Free Will in China Blues.[9]

On October 1, 2022, Sun King Rising released another album, Signs & Wonders.[10][11]

Discography

Year Album Song
2022 Sign and Wonders No. 6 Magnolia Avenue
Bitter Water Sweetened
One More Story
Jubal Takes a Wife
Low Wine and Cruel Ruin
Lanterns on the Levee
Buried in the Blues
Anchorless
Alabama Nocturne
She was a Blonde
2020 Free Will in China Blue Free Will in China Blue
2020 Delta Tales The Snake
Milkweed and Thistle
Down The Delta Road
In a State of Grace
Take It Down
Beneath The Southern Sun
Evangeline in The Morning
Love Turns Grey
Drive Me To Nashville
Let There Be Light

References

  1. 1 2 Harry (2020-10-08). "Sun King Rising - Delta Tales". Bluestown Music (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  2. ↑ "Peacock Sunrise Records | RockTimes" (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. 1 2 "New Castle's own famed for genetics, music". New Castle News. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ↑ "Bio | Sun King Rising". Signs and Wonders. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  5. 1 2 Cafe, The Sound (2022-10-13). "Sun King Rising Release New Wave of Southern Rock 'n' Soul Music on 'Signs & Wonders'". The Sound Cafe. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  6. ↑ "UTRGV | John Blangero Ph.D." utrgv.edu. 2019-08-25. Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  7. 1 2 Vigezzi, Jacopo (2020-09-04). "[News] PeacockSunrise Records announces the release of "Delta Tales," an album by Sun King Rising". Progressive Rock Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  8. ↑ Breznikar, Klemen (2023-02-08). "Law | Interview | Steven "Ace" Acker | "Discovered and signed to MCA Records by Roger Daltrey of the Who"". It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ↑ "Sun King Rising Releases Official Music Video For "Free Will In China Blue"". IndiePulse Music Magazine. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  10. ↑ "Signs & Wonders, by Sun King Rising". Sun King Rising. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  11. ↑ Wagner, Sarah (2023-02-24). "Sun King Rising gets soulful on new single". EARMILK. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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