THE SOUND EPISODE TWO: SUNDAY 26 JULY, 5.30PM ON ABC STARRING: PAUL KELLY & PAUL GRABOWSKY, THE TESKEY BROTHERS, JAMES REYNE, JULIA STONE, SAN CISCO, CUB SPORT + MORE! WITH SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST RUSSELL CROWE

Do you love live Australian music? Then look no further: The Sound is here!

Tune in on ABC each Sunday at 5.30pm as The Sound puts live Australian music back on free-to-air TV. Each episode of The Sound [created by Mushroom Vision and licensed to the ABC] features exclusive performances, collaborations and interviews from some of our nation’s finest talent – with two-thirds of the show showcasing new material.

Catch Episode Two airing this Sunday 26 July at 5.30pm, or repeated Saturday 2 August at 12.30pm on ABC, or on iview.

Joining host Jane Gazzo and music news correspondent Zan Rowe this Sunday is a very special guest co-host – Academy Award winner Russell Crowe. With multiple BAFTAs, AACTAs, Golden Globes and Oscars to his name, Crowe’s distinguished acting career has spanned almost five decades now, while his love of Australian music knows no bounds. Fun trivia: did you know Chrissy Amphlett played his mother in the 1988 film Blood Brothers, and that he’s filmed with Magic Dirt’s Adalita? Russell has a brand new movie out, Unhinged, and The Sound is thrilled to have him join us this week.

Episode Two features performances by:

• They’re two of our most acclaimed songwriters: Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky are headed to Melbourne’s iconic Hamer Hall for The Sound cameras this week. The duo release new collaborative album Please Leave Your Light On (EMI) on Jul 31
• Grammy nominees The Teskey Brothers, who recorded at Melbourne’s Bakehouse Studios and recently revealed all about the making of #1 album Run Home Slow in new podcast series 180 Grams
• Aussie legend James Reyne has scored 19 x Top 40 hits, both solo and out front of Australian Crawl. Reyne just dropped his 12th solo record, Toon Town Lullaby – his first studio album in eight years
• Julia Stone makes her eagerly anticipated solo return with striking new single ‘Break’, produced by St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) and Thomas Bartlett (Yoko Ono, Sufjan Stevens)
• Perth’s San Cisco are back and giving us a taste of what to expect on their forthcoming new album, Between You And Me, out Sept 4
• It’s been an astronomical rise for Brisbane pop powerhouse Cub Sport, who release their new and fourth album LIKE NIRVANA on July 24
• One of Australia’s brightest pop prospects is fellow Brisbane muso Eves Karydas, who joins us this week to perform her brand new single ‘Complicated’

Each week on The Sound, we introduce you to a rising star in our ‘Introducing’ segment. This week, meet 18-year-old Sycco – aka Sasha McLeod, who just this month took out  an Unearthed Level Up Grants courtesy of triple j and saw spins on influential LA station KCRW.