The Black Swan is the 23rd and last studio album by the Scottish folk singer Bert Jansch. It was released in 2006 through Drag City. Jansch described the album: "It's been fantastic working with everyone who's been involved on the record. They all came to it from a standpoint of being fans of my music, so while there are lots of great musicians making wonderful contributions to the record it still has a very acoustic, intimate feel – and there's still a lot of me on there!"

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch, except where indicated

Personnel

Bert Jansch: guitar and vocals Beth Orton: vocals (3, 4 & 6), guitar (6) Devendra Banhart: vocals (4) Paul Wassif: guitar (5), slide guitar (7), banjo (11) Noah Georgeson: percussion (1), bass (9 & 10) Otto Hauser: drums (3, 5, 6 & 9), percussion (4 & 7) Kevin Barker: lead guitar (6), percussion (4) Helena Espvall: cello (1) Adam Jansch: keyboards (1 & 9) David Roback: slide guitar (3) Richard Good: slide guitar (9) Pete Newsom: drums (10) Maggie Boyle: flute (11)