
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: October 27, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Michael Monroe, Mammoth, ZZ Ward and more

Larkin Poe brought southern sugar and smarts to London on their biggest ever UK headline show
By Polly Glass published
Ten weeks ago, Larkin Poe lead singer Rebecca Lovell had a baby. Last night, she and her sister headlined the Hammersmith Apollo and threw in an unexpected cover of War Pigs

What happened when Greta Van Fleet's guitarist got himself a new band
By Polly Glass published
When the worlds of Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka and alt.folkie Chris Turpin collided, it was musical love at first sight. After a whirlwind romance, new project Mirador was born

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 20, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Orianthi, Sugar, Heavy Pettin and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, Cheap Trick, Danko Jones and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from A Thousand Horses, Mirador, The Sheepdogs and more

“Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch”: How Opeth made Sorceress
By Polly Glass published
Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Creeper, Gluecifer, The Hot Damn! and more

Greta Valenti picks the soundtrack of her life
By Polly Glass published
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse singer Greta Valenti chooses her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and admits to having multiple guilty pleasures

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Black Stone Cherry, Karnivool, Royal Republic and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 15, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Mammoth, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Honey and more

De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention
By Polly Glass published
Listening to De'Wayne's genre-flipping new album, it’s clear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 8, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Struts, Castle Rat and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 1, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Cheap Trick, the Vintage Caravan, Foxy Shazam and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 25, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Castle Rat, Märvel, A Thousand Horses and more

Christian Rockers Wytch Hazel on atheism, conservatives and organised religion
By Polly Glass published
Wytch Hazel may be believers, but their righteous influences and almighty folk metal rocks harder than Gabriel’s Judgement Day trumpets

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 18, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Ricky Warwick, Deep Purple, Paradise Lost and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 11, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Foxy Shazam, Royal Republic, Halestorm and more

After six years as a Nameless Ghoul in Ghost, Chris Catalyst just wants to play with his mates
By Polly Glass published
The new album by Eureka Machines, Everything, is the band's first in seven years

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 4, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Eric Gales, Tyler Bryant, Starbenders and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 28, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Tuk Smith, Blues Pills, The Vintage Caravan and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 21, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Die Spitz, Castle Rat, Bobbie Dazzle and five other holy divers and divas

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 14, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight new songs you need to hear right now from Jack Black, Halestorm, 38 Special and more
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