
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

Six things you need to know about When Rivers Meet
By Polly Glass published
One of When Rivers Meet's albums was a chart first and the following hit the Top 5, but they "still think we’re a little band"

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, The Hives, Enuff Z'nuff and five other raiders of the lost art

Why Skunk Anansie stood on top of the cliff and jumped into the clouds
By Polly Glass published
Skunk Anansie’s future hung in the balance, but a new album and the power of love changed everything

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Castle Rat, Starbenders, Buckcherry and five other lords of the new church of rock'n'roll

Those Damn Crows and the search for meaning in uncertain times
By Polly Glass published
On their chart-topping album God Shaped Hole, Those Damn Crows turn their attention to the existential fears we all face

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Airbourne, Creeper, Wytch Hazel and five other kings and queens of the nighttime world

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Halestorm, The Cold Stares, Cardinal Black and five other rock'n'roll warriors on the edge of time

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell and five other scary monsters from the rock'n'roll deep

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Orianthi, Buckcherry, Steve Perry and five other representatives of rock'n'roll revelry

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Marcus King, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bernie Marsden and five other sailors on the seven seas of rock

Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride picks the soundtrack of his life
By Polly Glass published
Deep Purple guitarist and solo artist Simon McBride picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names a band that really should be bigger

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Halestorm, Whiskey Myers, Laura Jane Grace and five other kings and queens of the nightime world

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Buckcherry, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Band Feel and five other rowdy rockers, rollers, rebels and reprobates

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Skunk Anansie, The Sheepdogs, The Mars Volta and five other robust defenders of the rock'n'roll faith

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Those Damn Crows, Brothers Osborne, Ally Venable and five other masters and mistresses of reality

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Mark Morton & Charlie Starr, The Darkness and five other tattooed beat messiahs

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Buckcherry, Luke Spiller, Battlesnake and five other speed kings and highway stars

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Starring Witch Fever, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Southern River Band and more!

How Larkin Poe finally got over their imposter syndrome to make kick-ass new album Bloom
By Polly Glass published
Larkin Poe are taking care of business in all aspects of their music and career

The blockbusting Queen ballad that changed Von Hertzen Brothers frontman Mikko Von Herzten’s life
By Polly Glass published
When Von Hertzen Brothers’ Mikko Von Hertzen has control of the playlist, these are the songs you’re going to hear

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Ghost, Volbeat, Ricky Warwick, Baby Said and more!

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including The Darkness, The Wildhearts, Rose Tattoo and five other masters of rock'n'roll reality

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Battlesnake, Those Damn Crows, Brass Camel, Gorilla Riot and four other artists who don't happen to be named after animals
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