Catching Up with Ryan & Ashleigh Di Lello

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com One of my favorite couples in the dance world made their return to Jake’s Take! A lot of things have happened to So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD)’s Ryan and Ashleigh Di Lello, since they last visited the blog. Ashleigh gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Sofia, and the […]

The Five Question Challenge with Mark Salling

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a privilege to welcome actor/singer-songwriter Mark Salling to Jake’s Take! For five seasons, he played class bully turned Air Force officer Noah “Puck” Puckerman on the groundbreaking FOX (and worldwide) phenomenon: Glee. As Glee makes its final bow in 2015, Mark is preparing to leave his fan-favorite character and […]

A Conversation with Michelle Chamuel

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a true pleasure and honor to welcome singer-songwriter Michelle Chamuel to Jake’s Take. Many hardcore music aficionados might recognize her from her time fronting the seven-piece Michigan rock band, Ella Riot. After spending nearly a decade touring the United States, the band dissolved and Michelle reinvented herself as a […]

The Five Question Challenge with Ménage

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Ménage is the latest band to tackle The Five Question Challenge! Bela, Basilio and Gabriel Ferreira spent their childhood traveling between Toronto and their ancestral home in a small town in Portugal. Between listening to the traditional Portuguese music and listening to the Beatles, each sibling wanted to pursue a career […]

The Five Question Challenge with Amanda Lamb

  By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Amanda Lamb is the latest artist to tackle The Five Question Challenge! Hailing from Southern California, Amanda Lamb was fascinated with music from a very early age. As she got older, she slowly embraced country music after listening to the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain. Now, Amanda is ready to […]

A Conversation with Emily West

  By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com One of the most incomparable vocalists that have ever appeared on America’s Got Talent (AGT) is Emily West! The Waterloo, Iowa native took a chance and auditioned for this past season of AGT. For Emily, this audition was her second chance to live the life she always wanted. After she […]

The Five Question Challenge with Pentatonix’s Mitch Grassi

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Pentatonix is one of the most successful a cappella groups of all-time! Since their victory on The Sing-Off’s third season, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado and Kevin Olusola’s EPs have made it to both the Top 10 and Top 20 of the Billboard 200. The quintet is a […]

The Five Question Challenge with Jesse Kinch

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com When I first heard Jesse Kinch sing “I’ve Put A Spell On You” on Rising Star, I knew that he was going to take the ABC singing competition by storm! Performance after performance, the Long Island rocker commanded the stage and gave viewers chills with his outstanding covers of “Billie Jean” […]

The Five Question Challenge with Shaping Sound’s Kyle Robinson

  By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The art of dance experienced a renaissance over the past decade. Shows such as Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) and performers such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and the late Michael Jackson have inspired many dancers from both the Millennial and Digital […]

The Five Question Challenge with Smashing Satellites’ Salvatore Costa

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Smashing Satellites’ lead singer Salvatore Costa to Jake’s Take! Before he joined this band, Salvatore was the lead guitarist and a vocalist for rock band My Darkest Days. After releasing two successful albums with My Darkest Days, Salvatore left the band and worked on a […]

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