Picks and Pans Review: Close-Up on Country

By JUDITH NEWMAN

UPDATED 11/01/2010 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 11/01/2010 at 01:00 AM EDT

For her new book My Country, award-winning photographer Melanie Dunea snapped and interviewed 50 of Nashville's brightest stars.

Martina McBride at Radio City Music Hall, N.Y.C.

Kenny Chesney at his home on St. John, Virgin Islands.

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD

GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE, NASHVILLE

"Being a country music singer has been in my mind ever since I was a little girl singing in my mom's car."