liddweaver

This is a WordPress plugin that allows users of your blog to tell eachother what music/podcast they’re listening to via a Dashboard widget, and to provide a link to said music. The same information can be displayed on the front end in a widget.
<h4>How it works</h4>
Upload the plugin to your WordPress plugin directory and activate it.
The Dashboard widget is automatically displayed to all users, and includes a link inviting user’s to share what they’re listening to. Users can edit their current song/artist of choice on their edit profile page, and can provide a link so other’s can check out what they’re listening to.
The plugin also includes a widget that can be displayed on to the public if the theme includes widget functionality. The widget has options to set the title, and whether or not to display users’ names along with their music.

What’s In Your Headphones

Tell the world what you’re listening to.

pupunzi

This plug-in let you transform any mp3 file uploaded inside a post into an essential small HTML5 audio player with:
<ul>
<li>volume control</li>
<li>seeking control</li>
<li>title bar</li>
<li>rewind button</li>
<li>mute button</li>
<li>play button</li>
</ul>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lFEtzQk01Xw?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Watch this video to learn how to customize your player using the on line Skin Maker too:
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2WldUObmRZ4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Important! 
From version 1.5.8 the CSS has been changed; for all the one how have customized the skin they need to recreate their skin from <a href="http://pupunzi.com/mb.components/mb.miniAudioPlayer/demo/skinMaker.html" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.
Links:
<ul>
<li>demo: http://pupunzi.com/mb.components/mb.miniAudioPlayer/demo/demo.html</li>
<li>video: http://youtu.be/B8Dr4aUNGgo</li>
<li>pupunzi blog: http://pupunzi.open-lab.com</li>
<li>pupunzi site: http://pupunzi.com</li>
</ul>
From version 1.4.x you can customize your player appearance by using the <a href="http://pupunzi.com/mb.components/mb.miniAudioPlayer/demo/skinMaker.html" rel="nofollow ugc">on-line miniAudioPlayer Skin Editor</a>.
If you are using others HTML5 audio plugins (like Haiku) there could be conflicts with mb.miniAudioPlayer. You should deactivete the others befor using it.
Other WP plugins:
<ul>
<li>wp-YTPlayer. A Chromeless video player to play your Youtube videos as background of any WP page or post. 
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmbytplayer/</li>
</ul>
<h3>How it works:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Activate the mb.miniAudioPlayer plugin via the WP plugin panel;</li>
<li>Edit a post or a page, click on the Upload/Insert media link and choose an mp3 file;</li>
<li>place it into the post wherever you want to show the player.</li>
<li>save the post and browse it; the player will show instead of the link at the file.</li>
</ol>
to change the player default settings go to the mb.miniAudioPlayer settings panel (you can find it under the “settings” section of the WP backend).
Options:
<ul>
<li>@ width = (int) the width in pixel of the player once opened.</li>
<li>@ skin = the color of the player interface (black, blue, orange, red, gray and green).</li>
<li>@ volume = (int) the initial volume of the player.</li>
<li>@ showVolumeLevel = a boolean to show or hide the volume control.</li>
<li>@ showTime = a boolean to show or hide the time counter.</li>
<li>@ showRew = a boolean to show or hide the rewind control.</li>
<li>@ autoPlay = (available only for the TinyMCE editor plugin) a boolean to set in play the player once the page is loaded.</li>
<li>@ downloadable = a boolean to show the download button next to the player.</li>
<li>@ excluded = a string containing the CSS class for audio links that should not be converted into player.</li>
</ul>
Ubuntu Chromium issue
Due to some codecs missing in the default Ubuntu Chromium install the player will not work. This problem can be resolved by simply installing that codecs via console: 
sudo apt-get-install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
After that your player should work fine.

mb.miniAudioPlayer – an HTML5 audio player for your mp3 files

Transform your mp3 audio files into a nice, small light HTML5 player.

What’s In Your Headphones vs mb.miniAudioPlayer – an HTML5 audio player for your mp3 files