Can't pause music from lock screen in iOS 6

I have my iPhone 4s set up with a passcode.  In iOS 5 I could pause and resume music and podcasts without having to unlock the phone with my passcode.  I no longer have that ability in iOS 6.  If I have a song or podcast playing the phone will Auto-Lock after a minute, and to pause playback I have to slide the slider and then enter my passcode to make the controls visible. 

I've done a fair number of searches to determine whether this can be controlled with a setting but haven't been able to find any answers. Am I missing a setting somewhere, or did Apple remove this functionality?

Thanks.

Shawn

PS:  I wasn't planning on upgrading to iOS 6 any time soon, but I dropped my 11-month-old iPhone 4s a week ago during our first trip to New York.  Smashed the front glass (couldn't find my bumper before we left).  Out-of-warranty, no Apple Care.  It turns out we were only a few blocks away from the upper west side Apple store.  They replaced the shattered phone with a "new" one for $200 (plus $50 for Applecare and $30 for a case), but ended up with a phone running iOS 6.  So now there's this lock screen control issue, plus the map issues (which weren't too bad).  On the bright side, I made a lot of use of the Panorama photo feature on our trip.  And I was happy we were able to get a replacement within an hour, even though it cost $200+.