Music

Music has been part of my life since before I could talk. My uncle is Paul McCartney and my dad is Mike McCartney, and my first ever recording credit was appearing as a toddler on my dad's song 'Man who found god on the moon' ;)

Since then, I have never really stopped and have worked with talented artists such as Lee Harris (Shapeshifting album backing vocals), Danny Stubbs ('We're all crazy') and Steve Parker ('Black wine').

My influences run deep through the 80s, alternative rock, and trip hop and I played the Hard Rock Cafe and the Orange Club in London with my band Hula, who recorded an album in Radiohead's studio in Oxford.

My most recent project is McCartney_Mezzowave, an electronic and dance collaboration with the brilliant Max Mezzowave. We released our debut EP in December 2024, led by the track "Sliding Doors" - an exploration of parallel lives and preferred ways of being, wrapped in engaging rhythms and melodic depth.

"Temple Highway" follows as a reflective journey with layered soundscapes and thoughtful lyrics that invite listeners to release the past and be present. The EP closes with a heartfelt rendition of "Don’t Let It Bring You Down," honouring Neil Young’s classic while reimagining it through our own magical musical style.

I waited until much later in life to release my first solo track ‘Calling to the World’. It felt like the lyrics for this song were channelled through me during lockdown and I put it together using GarageBand, which I had never used before. I hope this inspires others to make their own music and put it out there, even if they are as clueless as me!

On 8th December 2023, in collaboration with the extremely gifted music producer Max Mezzowave, I unleashed the song 'Lifeblood', which has a captivating dance vibe and was released alongside a more ambient and a meditation version.

I'm also incredibly proud that in December 2024, "Sliding Doors" received a Highly Commended certificate at the UK Songwriting Contest - out of thousands of entries worldwide, which still makes me smile every time I think about it.

The thread running through everything I do - music, coaching, all of it - is this: life can be genuinely hard, but with the right support and creativity, we can come through it more fully ourselves than we were before. And that feels worth singing about.

YouTube: McCartney / Mezzowave ; Benna McCartney
Bandcamp: Awakening
Instagram: McCartney_Mezzowave ; Benna McCartney