A Conversation with Jonathan Blalock

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 […]

A Conversation with James Cant IFBB Pro

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome one of my generation’s most inspiring fitness entrepreneurs, James Cant, to Jake’s Take. He is Australia’s top-ranked IFBB (International Federation of Bodybuilding) Pro! During the first half of the decade, James competed in numerous fitness competitions such as the IFBB Australasian, Australian Nationals, and South […]

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 […]

A Conversation with the Brooklyn Baking Barons

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am so happy to welcome my friends, The Brooklyn Baking Barons (Chris Poeschl and Tony Lanuza), to Jake’s Take! I met Chris and Tony, two years ago, while waiting in line for a taping of The View and they were offering everyone that was waiting in line a bite of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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