Below is our admittedly “subjective” ranking of the Top 25 Contemporary Instrumental Music albums released during 2018. If you enjoy the music we play on GAIA Prime Radio, you should especially enjoy each of these albums.
| Rank | Artist | Album Title |
| 1 | Kerani | Small Treasures |
| 2 | Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning | Eirlandia |
| 3 | Nathan Connelly | When Darkness Fades |
| 4 | Loreena McKinnett | Flow |
| 5 | Dan Kennedy | Mountains Made Of Shadow, Anthems Made Of Light |
| 6 | 2002 | A World Away |
| 7 | Anne Trenning and Friends | Beautiful Song |
| 8 | Back To Earth | The Journey To The Inner Island |
| 9 | Eamonn Karran | I’ll Be With You |
| 10 | Lynn Tredeau | Fellowship Of Solitude |
| 11 | Jeff Oster | Reach |
| 12 | Kevin Wood | Eternal |
| 13 | Helen Jane Long | Perspective |
| 14 | Rachel LaFond | Encounters Of The Beautiful Kind |
| 15 | Tom Caufield | Deep Cuts From The Moral Wilderness |
| 16 | Jill Haley | The Waters Of Glacier |
| 17 | Tony Lauria | The Healing Tide |
| 18 | Joseph L. Young | Every Moment |
| 19 | Darlene Koldenhoven | Chromatones |
| 20 | Neil Patton | Solitaire |
| 21 | Steve Rivera | Beyond Measures And Time |
| 22 | Lynn Yew Evers | Sunset Breeze |
| 23 | Neil Tatar | After The Rain |
| 24 | Symphonex Orchestra | Music That Tells A Story |
| 25 | Lisa Swerdlow | Voyager |
There were many other great albums in 2018. Here are nine more albums (not in any particular order) that in any other year might have easily made the top 25 list, and so deserve mention: The Fire Within, by Jennifer Thomas; Songs Of A Changing Light, by Kathryn Kaye; Last Passing Of Summer, by David Lindsay; Tres, by Paz de Castillo; Moonlight In Empty Rooms, by Heidi Breyer; Oasis, by Lisa Hilton; Songs Of The Soul, by Anastasia; A Glimmer Of Hope, by Annie Locke; and Rising, by Vincent Avella. We also highly recommend each of these albums.
