Live music in Little Rock.

Fourteen rooms I send people to. Each one earns its place differently.

• ★ KEY PICK

  Capital Bar & Grill

  DOWNTOWN

  Sunday jazz brunch is the move. Sit at the bar.

• South on Main

  SOMA

  Whiskey & Vinyl nights. The room respects the music.

• The Joint

  ARGENTA

  Listening room. Phones down. Pure ear.

• Cregeen's Irish Pub

  ARGENTA

  Trad nights — fiddle, bodhrán, Guinness done right.

• ★ KEY PICK

  White Water Tavern

  RIVERDALE

  Americana, soul, the occasional surprise. Cash only sometimes.

• Stickyz Rock'n'Roll Chicken Shack

  RIVER MARKET

  Indie + local hip-hop. Loud. Sweaty. Memorable.

• Vino's Brewpub

  DOWNTOWN

  Punk, metal, and pizza. A Little Rock institution.