By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com If you missed part two, click here: https://jakes-take.com/2015/12/jakes-take-best-albums-of-2015-part-two/ This is it! Here are the five best albums of 2015! 5. Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson I am so glad that the Grammys showed Kelly Clarkson love for this impeccable pop album. Her seventh studio album is up for the […]
Meet Your “Voice: Season Nine” Top Four!
December 8, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Ladies and Gentlemen: Say hello to your Top Three artists: JORDAN SMITH (Team Adam), EMILY ANN ROBERTS (Team Blake) and BARRETT BABER (Team Blake-WTF, America)! The last three artists that battled for the final Instant Save of the season were: JEFFREY AUSTIN (Team Gwen), MADI DAVIS (Team Pharrell) and ZACH SEABAUGH […]
The Voice’s Top Nine prepare to face the Guillotine
December 7, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com By 8:00 p.m. CST (9:00 p.m. EST/PST), The Voice: Season Nine’s finalists will be revealed. For the four remaining artists, each of them will receive a one-in-four chance of inheriting Sawyer Fredericks’ stash and crown and a recording contract with Universal Music Group. Unfortunately for five eliminated artists, they will face […]
Jake’s Take: Best Albums of 2015-Part Two
December 6, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com If you missed part one, click here: https://jakes-take.com/2015/12/jakes-take-best-albums-of-2015-part-one/ 2015 was a great year for music legends! I am proud to say that four out of five entries in Part Two of my Best Albums of 2015 belong to music icons. 10. Déjà vu by Giorgio Moroder 75-year-old Giorgio Moroder kicks […]
Heart Rocks the Ribbon
December 5, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Hundreds of people gathered at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland to commemorate the Susan G. Komen Greater Kansas City’s inaugural Rock the Ribbon concert. This special event celebrated the strength and survivorship of Kansas City’s breast cancer survivors. Headlining the concert was four-time Grammy nominated rock group Heart. For […]
Jake’s Take: Best Albums of 2015-Part One
December 4, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Countless albums dropped over 2015! I have had the pleasure of reviewing a bulk of them and it was very difficult to determine which artists or groups made this countdown. I hope that this week’s three-part column will showcase a diverse group of artists representing multiple genres of music. Without further […]
Vandal Savage Takes on the Heroes of “ARROW” & “FLASH”
December 2, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com We are just two months away from DC Entertainment’s eagerly anticipated Legends of Tomorrow. To commemorate this milestone, this year’s annual ARROW-Flash crossover dealt with introducing three characters that will be important to the Legends of Tomorrow opus: Hawkman, Kendra Saunders (Hawkgirl) and the villainous Vandal Savage (who will be the […]
A Conversation with Maksim Chmerkovskiy
December 2, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a true honor and privilege to welcome one of my all-time favorite dancers, Maksim “Maks” Chmerkovskiy, to Jake’s Take. Maks began to dance at the age of four and when he got into his teenage years, he became a force to be reckoned with in the ballroom community. […]
“The Voice: Season Nine” Top 10 duke it out!
November 30, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Who’s not “Happy” that Pharrell is down to only one phenomenal artist, while both lovebirds Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani each have full teams that contain average, abysmal or arrogant artists? I have nothing against both Team Blake’s Emily Ann Roberts and Team Gwen’s Jeffrey Austin, who are their respective team […]
Dark Hook Unleashes his Wrath on Storybrooke
November 29, 2015 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Two weeks ago, Once Upon a Time viewers learned what act that caused the Savior to go dark. That act was actually saving Captain Hook’s life. When the Good Captain was mortally hurt in an attack by Arthur and Zelena and slowly dying of his injuries, Emma made Captain Hook fall […]
