Rumbo Tumba Crafts Argentinian Electro-Traditional Music, In-Studio

Soundcheck | Sep 29, 2025

Rumbo Tumba is the project of the Argentine musician Facundo Salgado, who uses a looping station and a battery of handmade, traditional South American instruments to create brilliant musical conversations between South American traditions and modern technology.  Rumbo Tumba can make an improbable amount of sound, live and alone, constructing sounds and atmospheres that transport listeners to the purest places in nature. Hear his live in-studio set for us and his explanation of how he makes all this music live. Rumbo Tumba plays in New York at Public Records on October 10.

Set list: 1. Monte 2. Barro 3. Huguaju 

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

WNYC Homepage - Top Stories

From NYCHA to the Garden, the Knicks' Jose Alvarado is living a New Yorker's dream

Perhaps no player sends a clearer message to New York kids that making it to the NBA is achievable.
Gothamist |

A Memoir on Growing up in Gowanus, Before the Whole Foods

All Of It with Alison Stewart |

Bill Bradley on Knicks Fever and More

Bill Bradley talks about this year's NBA finals, reflects on his own championship season, and more.
The Brian Lehrer Show |

I.C.E.'s "Wartime Recruitment" Campaign

Hiring at the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency.
On the Media |
YOU ARE ONLINE