Kylie Kay Anderson

An American Mandolinist Living, Performing and Teaching in Europe Photoby Mark Evenhuis I found out about Kylie Kay Anderson—a young female mandolin player who originally comes from Utah but now lives in The Netherlands—through a  YouTube search.  Although I should have known about Kylie (more on that later), I had never heard of her before stumbling onto a YouTube video of her playing “Cold Frosty Morning” on the mandolin.  Several weeks ago, the fiddle player in our band started playing “Cold Frosty Morning” at band practice.  I was familiar with the song, but had never learned to play it.  I was inspired to learn it on the mandolin so the next day I went to YouTube and typed in “Cold Frosty Morning mandolin.”  Kylie’s video popped up as the top listing in the search.  I watched it and was very impressed.  Her notes were clear, clean, and fluid.  She used dynamics effectively and she was very relaxed.  She also seemed like she was really enjoying pla