By: Jacob Elyachar The Summer solstice may be in a couple of days but that does not mean that the music charts are heating up with lots of new releases from some of the hottest artists in music. This week’s edition of New Music Tuesday will cover Usher’s latest studio album: Looking 4 Myself, Jimmy […]
Jacob Interviews….Singer-Songwriter Brian Larsen
June 6, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar One of the busiest artists in the recording industry is singer and record producer Brian Larsen. He recently released his tenth studio album: Breaking and he is already working on his next projects. I recently had the chance to catch up with the multi-talented artist for another interview. In our second correspondence, […]
Dancefestopia Recap: Day Two
June 3, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar After Friday’s artists took the Dancefestopia stage by storm, I had high expectations about Day Two of Kansas City’s high-energy music festival. When I arrived at Dancefestopia, I saw dozens of concertgoers with panda masks covering their faces. These panda masks are the calling cards of the Baltimore-based Secret Panda Society. Rob […]
Dancefestopia Recap: Day One
June 2, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Hundreds of concertgoers headed to the Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park in Downtown Kansas City to partake in the area’s first giant dance festival. Many different artists took to the Pitch main stage and delivered impeccable performances. Several of the performers including Irv Da Phenom, Iggy Azalea and New Boyz signed […]
Jacob Interviews….DJ Ashton Martin
June 1, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Five years ago, Ashton Martin graduated from the University of Kansas; he began the journey to nightlife dominance. Under the wings of DJ B-Stee and DJ Archie, Ashton began to blossom as a DJ. Now, he is one of the Midwest’s most popular DJs as his mixes have been listened at numerous […]
Jacob’s Eye On…Dancefestopia 2012
May 28, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar One of the most highly anticipated music festivals taking place this summer is Dancefestopia. Located in Downtown Kansas City’s Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park, concertgoers will have the opportunity attend this two-day high energy music festival which will not feature major artists including Wiz Khalifa, Flo Rida, Dev, 30H!3 and Matisyahu but […]
The Most Memorable American Idol Finale Performances of All-Time
May 23, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Since the show’s humble beginnings back in 2002, American Idol’s season finales have always featured incredible surprise guests and astonishing parings between a contestant and a music legend. This blog post revisits some of these best performances and hopes that American Idol: Season 11 delivers another spectacular finale. Elliott Yamin and Mary […]
New Music Tuesday-Week of May 20, 2012
May 22, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Welcome to a new edition of New Music Tuesday! This week, I will be looking at new albums from John Mayer, Haley Rinehart and Sara Bareilles. In addition to these albums, New Music Tuesday will also review and grade new singles from Big & Rich and Chris Brown. Born and Raised-John Mayer […]
The Top 10 Best Peformancs from American Idol Season 11, Part Two
May 22, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Stop! If you have not read part one of this two-part series, click on the link before you read this article: https://www.jakes-take.com/2012/05/21/the-top-10-best-performances-from-american-idol-season-11-part-one/ The American Idol finale is where dreams are realized and superstars are born. Tonight, Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips will perform three songs: their favorite performance of the season, Idol […]
The Top 10 Best Performances from American Idol Season 11, Part One
May 21, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Tomorrow night, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez will perform their final three songs on the American Idol finale which will be filmed at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. While they are prepping for one of the biggest nights in their lives, jacobelyacharjournalist.com has prepared a two-part series highlighting the 10 best […]
