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Take note New Yorkers, or anyone in the vicinity: Season four’s Sarah Mather will be performing at the Red Lion in New York on Wednesday, November 7, from 10:30pm until 1am. Be sure to check out the show to hear Sarah perform songs from "Another Day" and her new album, "Under Cover." If you are a fan of both rock and country music, you’ll love what Sarah describes on her website as a "Rock/Country fusion."
The Red Lion is located on Bleecker and Thompson.
Find out more about Sarah’s post-Idol career!

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If you’re looking for a little inspiration in your life, you’ll be excited to hear about a new book that’s available in stores now called "Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul." As Amazon.com describes it, "Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul is the perfect marriage of the #1 show in television history and the #1 non-fiction book series in publishing history both dedicated to celebrating the triumph of spirit over adversity, the fulfillment of dreams coming true, and the power of love." "Idol" fans will also be thrilled to know that there are personal accounts from people like Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, Blake Lewis, Sanjaya Malakar, and many other Idols and AI fans.
Clay Aiken describes an enlightening event he experienced while signing autographs one day after a show. According to Clay, a "very petite and pretty girl" approached him [...]

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Parade.com’s Caitlin O’Toole checked in with Elliott Yamin on managing his diabetes while maintaining his successful career. With his single "Wait for You" having gone gold recently, it’s obvious that Elliott has not let his illness get in the way of his singing. He is doing so well, in fact, that he’d like to use his status to help others who have diabetes.
Elliott admits that he hasn’t always had the clarity that he has now. When he was diagnosed at 15, he tells Ms. O’Toole, "It was hard for me to adjust to treating my diabetes, but it was also hard to admit that I had it. I was in denial. That was a big hump for me to get over. I didnt understand how I could just go from being a normal kid to having this incurable lifelong disease in a matter of a days time. [...]

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