Led Kaapanaʻs 2010 album, The Legend, contains many of Ledʻs signature songs. The handful of vocal tracks showcase Ledʻs falsetto singing. The album was inspired by a visit to the remains of Kalapana — Kaapana’s hometown, now mostly buried in lava. The songs are Kaapana family favorites that he grew up with in the ’50s. They include "Hi’ilawe" and "Ikona." The one new song, "The Legend," was written by Kaapana’s brother, the late George Kaapana Jr.
Kaapana is unusual in that he has mastered both leading stringed instruments in Hawaiian music, the ukulele and the guitar, played in the slack-key style, which involves a number of alternate tunings. He is equally skilled as an accompanist and a hot, fleet-fingered soloist and also plays bass, steel guitar and autoharp, in the rarely heard Hawaiian style. In addition, he is an accomplished vocalist, in both the falsetto and baritone styles.
As a performer and teacher, Kaapana is dedicated to perpetuating the traditions on which he was raised. He has appeared in numerous festivals at home, on the U.S. mainland and abroad and has worked, often without compensation, with many of the leading cultural institutions and schools in Hawaii. He has taught privately and at workshops for years and, in 2003, established the Led Kaapana Slack Key Guitar Camp, the only such camp on the island of Oahu.