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10 More Questions With Joao Aranha

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The NAS 10 Questions

For this week’s 10 Questions we catch up with Joao Aranha

It’s been more that 3 years since his first 10 Questions interview, so we asked him 10 brand new questions.

Lets dive in!

For those that aren’t already familiar, tell us about the music of Joao Aranha

I’m a singer song writer from Brazil releasing songs for the last 5 years and my sincere wish is to make this world a better place one song at time!

Tell us about your recent releases

2025 were an year of an amazing release of “Be you Be free” with the great William Lovitt ! A bossa nova kinda style with a great history in the lyrics.

Which of your songs are you most proud of and why?

All of them, i love them all since the process is always the best to be honest ! The anger sometimes cause is not getting in the point I want, the joy when something that was not working go to place, the tears thinking this will never going to be good to release ! It’s the process always !

Do you come from a musical family?

Yes, mom had an amazing collection of vinyl and always took me to shows since a kid. She dont play or sing, but always added music to our life ! Grandma was a singer and had chance to sing in local radio at her home town.

Do you prefer performing live or recording and releasing music?

Sadly there are many years that i dont perform live. I used to attend all friday’s for years at two mental / addiction recovery clinics here in Rio de Janeiro to try to give back to places that were helping people. I miss this a lot.

Tell us about the best gig you ever went to?

James Taylor in rock in rio 4 in Rio de Janeiro. The feeling of 100K of people that embraced each other when he singed ” You got a friend” is something that i’ll never forget… Still give me goosebumps

What is your all-time favourite song by an NAS artist?

Because – since for me it’s the song that lead me to the community spirit of NAS

If you could collaborate with any NAS artist who would it be?

I would love to make anything with everyone that feel that i can fit in ! Not polite answer, just call me!

How many instruments do you play and which instrument(s) would you like to learn?

I sing, play guitar and bass. Would love to play violin ! I do well programming drums.

Do you have any pets? Tell us about them

Dita is our daughter (12 years old shih-tzu )! Even having pets for all live long, i think that i never loved anything in my life as i love this puppy!

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Why I love this NAS song: “My Open Hand” by J.H.Mβ†’

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7 responses to “10 More Questions With Joao Aranha”

  1. AgingTeenIdol Avatar
    January 6, 2026
    AgingTeenIdol

    Finally!!! It’s good to get to learn a little more about the legend!!!!

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  2. William Lovitt Avatar
    January 21, 2026
    William Lovitt

    Great to learn more about our always positive and incredibly hard working Joao Aranha. His music always touches my heart and it was a wonderful experience collaborating with him on “Be You Be Free”. His voice added a touch of indescribable magic to the song! He’s truly the heart and soul of NAS πŸ’―πŸ˜ŽπŸŽΆ

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  3. JoAnn Vickers Wilburn Avatar
    January 21, 2026
    JoAnn Vickers Wilburn

    I love this. Great questions and great answers. I have not heard a lot of Joao’s work but will definitely remedy that. Awesome happy pictures. I’ll make this 10 questions feature a regular. Thanks…

    Reply
  4. DVous Music Avatar
    January 21, 2026
    DVous Music

    Wow, you are so lucky to have seen James Taylor! Did you know he is known for having perfect pitch? My favorite artist, Pat Metheny was so moved by James that he wrote and performed a song about him, named “James.”

    Reply
  5. Valeryan Richards Avatar
    January 21, 2026
    Valeryan Richards

    Really loved reading about you Joao – and you look SO happy in the photos ! You radiate positivity! Thank you for your music, which I love ….. AND all the motivation posts you add to artist chat! Thank you also for all the work you do to help NAS function as it does …. we’d all be lost without you and your hard work and your kindness …… and keep the music flowing …. 🎢🎢

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  6. Fredrik Segerstedt Avatar
    January 22, 2026
    Fredrik Segerstedt

    Great to see you here Joao and even more so in the TOP20. You must be the kindest person with the biggest heart that I know of within the NAS familly. I know that you put in an tremendious amount of work in the community, always supportiv, always there to help. I sincerely hope everything good for you in the future and that you will be on TOP20 soon again.

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  7. andelectro music Avatar
    January 31, 2026
    andelectro music

    andelectro music 9 hours ago Great to hear more about your music and your positivity just shines through. I would love to see James Taylor live, jealous!! Like Reply AgingTeenIdol 6 days ago Finally!!! It’s good to get to learn a little more about the legend!!!! Like Reply Edward Corrado 7 days ago Joao you an awesome Indie Music artist. Always helping others and always so positive, Never Change! Like Reply Fredrik Segerstedt Jan 22 Great to see you here Joao and even more so in the TOP20. You must be the kindest person with the biggest heart that I know of within the NAS familly. I know that you put in an tremendious amount of work in the community, always supportiv, always there to help. I sincerely hope everything good for you in the future and that you will be on TOP20 soon again. Like Reply William Lovitt Jan 21 Great to learn more about our always positive and incredibly hard working Joao Aranha. His music always touches my heart and it was a wonderful experience collaborating with him on “Be You Be Free”. His voice added a touch of indescribable magic to the song! He’s truly the heart and soul of NAS πŸ’―πŸ˜ŽπŸŽΆ Like Reply JoAnn Vickers Wilburn Jan 21 I love this. Great questions and great answers. I have not heard a lot of Joao’s work but will definitely remedy that. Awesome happy pictures. I’ll make this 10 questions feature a regular. Thanks… Like Reply DVous Music Jan 21 Wow, you are so lucky to have seen James Taylor! Did you know he is known for having perfect pitch? My favorite artist, Pat Metheny was so moved by James that he wrote and performed a song about him, named “James.” Like Reply 2 Likes Valeryan Richards Jan 21 Really loved reading about you Joao – and you look SO happy in the photos ! You radiate positivity! Thank you for your music, which I love ….. AND all the motivation posts you add to artist chat! Thank you also for all the work you do to help NAS function as it does …. we’d all be lost without you and your hard work and your kindness …… and keep the music flowing …. 🎢🎢 Like Reply 1 Like

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