The fiddler Tom Kitching(Pilgrims' Way) has started to write an interesting blog based on his busking experiencs.

Everywhere I’ve been around the world, I’ve taken my fiddle with me. This massively changes how you are perceived. You can be the English tourist, defined by your nationality, or the musician, defined by the instrument. My best and most personal experiences have always come off the back of the fiddle. Music is universal. The fiddle is the key to unlock other cultures.

I’d like to turn that trick inward and use it to meet my own country. I’m going to travel across the nine regions of England, busking in towns, villages, and cities. Not always in the obvious places, not always even for anyone other than myself.
I want to see if there’s a common thread of Englishness, if the term ‘English’ even has any universal meaning.

http://www.tomkitching.co.uk/busk-england/