By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Grammy and Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson is joining The Voice family. Jennifer Hudson got her start on a certain singing competition show called American Idol. While she did not win her season, the show gave her a great starting point to the entertainment industry. Her appearance on American Idol led her […]
Jake’s Take: On Location Tours-When Harry met Seinfeld
September 24, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com For six decades, New York City has played the host to countless production companies who have filmed across the five boroughs since the 1950s. Over the past 18 years, On Location Tours have been taking pop culture aficionados on tours in New York City. Currently, On Location Tours offers nine different […]
A Conversation with the Score’s Eddie Anthony & Edan Dover
September 22, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome The Score’s Eddie Anthony and Edan Dover to Jake’s Take. Eddie and Edan met in New York City and after their success in the Big Apple, the duo transplanted to Los Angeles, where they were signed to Republic Records. Over the past two years, the […]
How to improve “America’s Got Talent” for Season 13 & beyond
September 21, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com As DARCI LYNNE FARMER celebrates her victory and prepares to headline the show’s America’s Got Talent Live, producers will be hard at work organizing the Season 13 auditions. But I honestly believe that Simon, Jason Raff, and the America’s Got Talent production team should be fine tuning the show and making […]
“America’s Got Talent: Season 12” finalists square off
September 19, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com As a veteran fan and recap analyst of the NBC talent competition, I am very disappointed with the America’s Got Talent: Season 12 finalists. There are SIX singing related acts in the Season 12 finals! While I love singers, some of these singers are average at best (I am looking at […]
A Conversation with Joe Moravsky
September 18, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Joe Moravsky to Jake’s Take. To many American Ninja Warrior (ANW) fans, Joe Moravsky is known as the Ninja Weatherman. Since his debut on NBC’s obstacle course series in 2013, Joe Moravsky has made it to the Las Vegas finals five years in a row. […]
A Conversation with American Pops Orchestra founder Luke Frazier
September 15, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Luke Frazier to Jake’s Take. Luke Frazier’s passion for music has lead him on an incredible adventure. He has become one of his generation’s greatest maestros and a force to be reckoned with in the Pops world. Luke has worked with a plethora of performing […]
Ladies & Gentlemen-meet your final five “AGT: Season 12” finalists
September 13, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Last night, the 11 remaining semi-finalists took the Dolby Theatre by storm to become Season 12 finalists! Several variety acts including mentalist Colin Cloud, dancer Merrick Hanna, acrobatic dance group Diavolo, and light-up dance crew (and Tyra Banks’ Golden Buzzer) Light Balance stole the show! Meanwhile, Kechi and Mandy Harvey faced […]
Variety acts highlight round two of “America’s Got Talent: Season 12” Semifinals
September 12, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Variety acts have made America’s Got Talent stand out every year in the crowded world of talent competition shows. But, after the way, things went down last week during the results show….America, we need to talk! A majority of the acts that you selected for next week’s finals…stink! Yes, singing ventriloquist […]
Jake’s Take: New Music Reviews (Week of September 8 2017)
September 8, 2017 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to the first September 2017 edition of Jake’s Take: New Music Reviews! Some of our favorite superstar acts have released new material, while several famous icons’ estates have released some interesting posthumous material. Also, Jake’s Take continues to rising artists that could make big waves in the music industry. […]
