Polly Glass
Polly is deputy editor at Classic Rock magazine, where she writes and commissions regular pieces and longer reads (including new band coverage), and has interviewed rock's biggest and newest names. She also contributes to Louder, Prog and Metal Hammer and talks about songs on the 20 Minute Club podcast. Elsewhere she's had work published in The Musician, delicious. magazine and others, and written biographies for various album campaigns. In a previous life as a women's magazine junior she interviewed Tracey Emin and Lily James – and wangled Rival Sons into the arts pages. In her spare time she writes fiction and cooks.
Latest articles by Polly Glass

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 7, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Airbourne, Stanley Simmons and more

The Sheepdogs: On the road with a band who wield retro tastes like superpowers
By Polly Glass Published
What happened when we joined Canada’s modern-day rock’n’roll perennials The Sheepdogs for shows in their homeland

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 31, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Clutch, Queens Of The Stone Age, the Temperance Movement and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 24, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Joanne Shaw Taylor, Earth Tongue, De Staat and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 17, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Green Lung, Castle Rat, Royal Blood and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 10, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Grace Bowers, the Pineapple Thief, Crossbone Skully and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 3, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Greta Van Fleet, Airbourne, The Band Feel and more

Ashley McBryde has been through the wringer and come out dry
By Polly Glass Published
Raised off the leash but in fear in the countryside, downed by alcohol in the city, Ashley McBryde's new album Wild is steeped in the people, places and things that shaped her

From a broken back to the Rolling Stones: Meet rock's unstoppable new showman, Des Rocks
By Polly Glass Published
"I just think it’s all about being, without shame, who you really are" - Des Rocs

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 27, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Black Spiders, Halestorm, King Kraken and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 20, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Queens Of The Stone Age, Villagers Of Ioannina City, Ricky Warwick and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 13, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Massive Wagons, Chris Barras Band, Alabama Shakes and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 6, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Airbourne, the Temperance Movement, Stanley Simmons and more

The 50 best rock albums of 2026 (so far)
By Fraser Lewry Published
Six months of classic rock, prog rock, stoner rock, southern rock, country rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, power pop, heavy metal, punk and all forms of rock'n'roll

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 29, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Green Lung, Bad Nerves, These Wicked Rivers and more

Why Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi are dancing and playing through the fury
By Polly Glass Published
For the Tedeschi Trucks Band, loved ones, music and the business of really living are as intertwined as the husband-and-wife pair at the helm

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Mastodon, Stanley Simmons and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 1, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Greta Van Fleet, Tarja, The Band Feel and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: May 25, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Darkness, Foo Fighters, The Warning and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: May 18, 2026
By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Deep Purple, Green Lung, John Densmore & Chuck D and more

How Amy Lee channelled a devastating loss into Evanescence's angriest album
By Polly Glass Published
Evanescence's 2021 album The Bitter Truth was coloured by empowerment, politics and the loss of Amy's brother Robby

What happened when we took Skindred record shopping in Newport
By Polly Glass Published
Genre-smashing Welsh rockers Skindred undertake Classic Rock's £50 vinyl challenge

Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
By Polly Glass Published
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut
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