Joao Selva

BORN AND RAISED IN IPANEMA AND SON OF A PASTOR, JOÃO SELVA ALIAS JONATHAN DA SILVA GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY OF EX-PRISONERS AND CONVERTED ARTISTS. HE MADE HIS FIRST GUITAR NOTES BEFORE HIS 10TH BIRTHDAY, UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF WANDA SA (MUSE OF THE BOSSA NOVA), AND INFLUENCED BY A FATHER WHO IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK, WAS ALSO A TRUE MUSIC LOVER WITH A COLLECTION, WHERE BLACK MUSIC, ROCK AND CLASSICAL MEET.

A sunny and flamboyant spirit, the brazilian João Selva carries us away with his new wave album ("Onda" - Underdog Records /2025).Navegar ("to sail") in 2021, Passarinho ("lit-tle bird") in 2023... through the titles of these last two albums, João Selva will have displayed his ambitions and ideals: to fluidly and swiftly connect the musical components of a Black Atlantic that would extend from Brazilian samba to Angolan Semba, from Cape Verdean funaná to Caribbean zouk via Congolese rumba and American funk. His new album Onda continues to ride this same wave, crowning a luminous transatlantic artwork, imbued with sensuality and joie de vivre.