Home Cookin’ Band started performing in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago in 2018. Lead-singer, guitarist and keyboard player, Anastasiya Protasevych, relocated to Chicago from the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine in 2017. Her vocal style reflects her thorough knowledge of American Blues and Classic Rock music along with her love of Ukrainian folk music. The intensity of her delivery also reminds the listener of her strong European influences such as The Cranberries and Sinead O’Connor.

The band’s rhythm section features bassist, Kevin Lahvic, and drummer, Jeff Gilbert, both formerly of Matthew Morgan & the Lost Brigade, a band that headlined in Chicago clubs for nearly a decade. Lead guitarist, Michael Costelloe, was the last member to join the band in October 2018. His guitar playing crosses genres from blues to rock to pop, jazz and country.