Sun King Rising

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

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

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.

He continued with the band Harlequin until he joined college and focused mainly on his studies.

In the 2000s, Blangero started playing live for blues bands in San Antonio, Texas.

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.

On October 1, 2022, Sun King Rising released another album, Signs & Wonders.

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