Requires iOS 7
Not compatible with iPad (yet).
Check out QuickMusic 2 (iOS 8)
This is QuickMusic: "A new way to listen to Music!"
You can use QuickMusic everywhere; in the homescreen (dragging up Music's icon), lockscreen and in any app with an Activator gesture.
If you invoke QuickMusic with an Activator gesture you'll get a little banner that look like a banner notification
QuickMusic is fully customizable from the Settings. You can choose the color of the tint, of the font and you can change the quality of the blur (light, dark, ect.)!
See larger Screenshots below..