Stu Basham standing on country road
Former Police turned country artist AKA 'Caracas Country'

When audiences see your band finally paired with your music embrace?

Hopefully, I can share this music with people through live performance and my recordings. So, I'm looking forward to utilizing my social media outlets as a marketing tool to hopefully connect with fans, and for them to really connect with the songs and the messages that the songs are telling, and just really being able to relate to one another through that.

What can your fans especially fans expect?

I always have the goal of being an encouraging songwriter, I would say that most of my songs centering around the idea of giving up or hope, or you know, trying to making it through the hard times or bad things happen that can get to a point, but for me, I have always tried to write with that message of getting up.

What was the inspiration for this?

We have had this music forever. One of the first Christmas songs that I'd written about a man who I'd decided to write about who was a shepherd. One of the group of shepherds that first heard about the birth of Jesus from the angels and went to see him. So, my imagination went with the idea of one of those shepherds having a real struggle with faith and doubt at that time in his life, and then him hearing that news, and him making the decision whether to go or stay, and then through that, he's gonna be reminded of what matters most in life, and that brings him to a better place than where he was. I hope that through that story, people are also encouraged and reminded of what matters most in their life and in the Christmas season.

How did it take a shot of becoming famous?

I got time. [laughing] So, I've been working at it for a while now, and I've been trying to stay positive and just keep working at it. But this year, I released my first full-length album called "Danger in Manger" that we are very proud of, and we look forward to it connecting and taking it with our listeners and wherever that might lead us.

That year what was your biggest moment in 2022?

Man, for me this year was all about putting out this album and knowing the people that I wanted to work with and seeing that come to fruition. So, for me, that was really special because that was something that I have dreamed about for so long and to see it actually materialize; that was really cool and to not only see it come to be, but to also have it come out better than what I had dreamed of was really special, and I'm really grateful to be able to see that happen.

What message do you try to lay on your fans and the Public sphere?

I'd love to encourage folks to listen to this project. It's now available wherever you listen to music: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and so many. "Danger in Manger", my new Christmas Album, and all my albums are now available there.

You can check me out on social media, my handle for everything is @caracascountry, so you can find me there and check out my music videos there and everywhere on my website caracascountry.com.

I appreciate everybody being here and checking it out, and I hope everyone will give it a listen when they have the chance and I hope you enjoy it!

Anything you'd like to add?

From everyone at ShoreLine Entertainment, we encourage you to check out Stu Basham and support his music!