Adding to Mylapore’s art-filled ambience, last Saturday, an excited crowd of over 600 gathered at the Spoonfeed Restaurant, ready for a rooftop concert.

Before the concert began, the audience, which comprised people of all age groups, busily chatted about the ongoing India-Australia match and colleges reopening.

A few were heard making plans to go to the Kapaleeswarar Temple after the concert. They abruptly stopped and cheered as the beats to ‘Oruvan Oruvan Mudhalaali’ began.

Motta Maadi Music, the brainchild of Badhri Narayanan, bonds music lovers to collectively sing their favourite musician’s songs, with a live band playing along. The idea began as a 25-member jam session with the Hrudhya band and has now emerged to pay tribute to well-known artistes.

“The huge turnout at each session proves that people enjoy participating in such informal musical outings,” said Badhri. The restaurant was adorned with SPB’s posters. There were continuous requests for ‘Vandhen Da Paal Kaaran’.

“I love SPB for the way he builds the mood of the song and conveys its emotion,” said Badhri.

With Pramodh Raghavan on the lead guitar, the band consisted of Vishwesh (bass), Vignesh (cajon), Kiran (violin), Ashish (flute), Deepak (dholak) and Aditya (Kanjira). The audience’s favourites were: ‘Azhagana ratchasiye’, ‘Anjali Anjali’, ‘En Peru Padayappa’, ‘Rakkamma Kaiyya Thattu’, ‘Rum Bum Bum’ and ‘Engeyum Epodhum’.

“I had an excellent time,” said 74-year-old Narayanan S, attending MMM for the first time. “I’ll definitely show up for the next show,” he added with a smile.

Seven-year-old Jyotsna Naveen excitedly sang from a PDF while competing with her dad.

Motta Maadi Music invites everyone with a soft spot for music. The next sessions are set to take place on the first and third week of July.