By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome one of the opera world’s brightest tenors, Jonathan Blalock, to Jake’s Take. He has performed in countless productions ranging from Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Puccini’s Turandot to Rodgers’ South Pacific and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. Jonathan’s superb performances have received praise from numerous media […]
Catching Up with Nathan Graham (The 2016 Edition)
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is an honor to welcome back one of my generation’s best radio personalities to Jake’s Take: Nathan Graham. Since we last spoke in 2014, Mr. Graham has been promoted to the Assistant Program Director at 103.7 KISS-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His show’s primary audience has shifted from the evenings to […]
Catching Up with Peter Hollens (The 2016 Edition)
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am very excited to welcome back Peter Hollens to Jake’s Take! He is one of the best artists of my generation and is one of the main voices that has guided A cappella music into being accepted into the pop culture world. Throughout his career, Peter worked with a […]
The Five Question Challenge with the “WAGS: Miami” Cast
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Over the past few years, E! Entertainment Network has become the premiere destination for pop culture based reality docuseries which include Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Hollywood Medium, Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, and WAGS. WAGS is an acronym that stands for the wives and girlfriends of professional athletes. The show […]
The Five Question Challenge with The Clairvoyants’ Thommy Ten & Amelie van Tass
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is hard to believe that the America’s Got Talent: Season 11 finale was just last week! One of my favorite acts that made it to the end was Thommy Ten and Amelie van Tass, who are also known as the Clairvoyants. Ever since their first audition, I became mesmerized […]
A Conversation with Laura Michelle
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Laura Michelle to Jake’s Take! A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter released her debut studio album: Novel With No End. The music video for her lead single off the album, “Chuck Norris,” features the iconic actor and the Kung-Fu martial artist has gained […]
Jake’s Take On: Dolly Parton’s “Pure & Simple”
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Two years ago, I had one of the biggest interviews of my career when I interviewed the Queen of Country Music: Dolly Parton. Ms. Parton just released one of her biggest albums of her career, Blue Smoke, and traveled across North America, Europe, and Asia as a part of her Blue […]